Which takes precedence, nessusd.conf or .nessusrc

[EnergyLad]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Renaud Deraison wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:39:08AM +0100, Hemsley, Trevor wrote:
> > Some parameters are duplicated between /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf and ~/.nessusrc. When both are specified with different values, which one takes effect? I have seen by observation that max_hosts is the maximum that the server will use when it's specified in nessusd.conf and giving a higher value in ~/.nessusrc will not override this. Is this true for all parameters? For example, checks_read_timeout=? If I specify checks_read_timeout=10 in nessusd.conf and checks_read_timeout=5 in ~/.nessusrc then which one will actually be used? How about if the values are reversed?
>
> .nessusrc takes precedence. However, nessusd.conf sets the high limits
> for max_hosts and max_checks (ie: you can not override these limits with
> the client).

Good to know. Also, can Nessus be configured to report IP addresses and
MAC addresses? DHCP networks can be a pain to scan repeatedly, otherwise.

P