nessus Xclient vs command line version

[George Theall]

On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 08:27:30AM +0000, nessus at karsites.net wrote:

> You mentioned recently George that you prefer the
> command-line version of nessus client.

Are you sure I said _that_?

> Please can you tell me if all the options in the nessus
> Xclient are available in the command line version?

You have no direct control over option or plugin selection in the
commandline version.  Instead, you need to either edit the config file
directly or, in the case of plugins, use another tool (eg, one of the
update-nessusrc scripts). 

That said, once you set up a config file with the GUI, I find it easier
to launch repeated scans via the commandline. 

> Also, what is the command syntax to start nessus from the
> console, and do I need any input files please?

You need a config file (eg, ~/.nessusrc) and a file containing the
targets to be scanned (eg, ~/targets). Given those, you run a scan with
the command:

    nessus -c ~/.nessusrc $nessusd_host 1241 $nessusd_user $pass \
        ~/tmp/targets ~/tmp/targets.nbe

substituting for $nessusd_host, $nessusd_user, and $pass appropriately.

George
-- 
theall at tifaware.com
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