I tried with a completely fresh instance of Debian 4.0, with the same
results. Have now managed to get around the problem by setting up an
instance of Ubuntu, on which it installed as expected from the
instructions. Since Ubuntu is based on Debian anyway this suggests that
there might be a problem with the Nessus 3.2.1 Debian installer.
Richard
Richard Folwell wrote:
I am trying, and failing, to install Nessus 3.2.1 on Debian 4.0
(Etch). I had originally installed Nessus 2.2.8 using apt-get,
attempted to upgrade it with the package downloaded from the Nessus
website. Uninstalled the 2.2.8 version using apt-get. The same
problem occurred both before and after uninstalling the 2.2.8 version.
Any suggestions?
Is there an archive for this list? I wanted to see if the same
question had been raised in the past, but could not see anywhere to
search.
TIA,
Richard
Here are the symptoms:
riverside:~/Install/Nessus# dpkg -i Nessus-3.2.1-debian4_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package nessus.
(Reading database ... 39677 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nessus (from Nessus-3.2.1-debian4_i386.deb) ...
Setting up nessus (3.2.1) ... <<< hangs at this point
(use Ctrl-C to interrupt)
dpkg: error processing nessus (--install):
subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Errors were encountered while processing:
nessus
In a separate console session, also running as root, "ps ax" produces,
after the standard entries. The "//" in "/opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd"
looks suspicious?
20654 pts/0 S+ 0:04 dpkg -i Nessus-3.2.1-debian4_i386.deb
20672 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/bash
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nessus.postinst configure 2.2.8-1 << this looks
wrong?
20677 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-mkcert -q
20682 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20683 pts/0 R+ 0:37 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20684 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20685 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20686 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20687 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20688 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
...<very large number of these lines snipped>
20931 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20932 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20933 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20934 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20935 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20936 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20937 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g
20980 ? Ss 0:00 sshd: unknown [priv]
20981 ? S 0:00 sshd: unknown [net]
20982 pts/1 R+ 0:00 ps ax
riverside:~#
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