Which takes precedence, nessusd.conf or .nessusrc

[Renaud Deraison]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 12:59:15PM -0500, EnergyLad wrote:
> > .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.

Yes - set "use_mac_addr" to "yes" in your .nessusrc, and the hosts of
the local subnet will be reported by MAC address.