Re: user rules problem

[Renaud Deraison <deraison_at_nessus.org>]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:40:40AM -0600, dick_at_uchicago.edu wrote:
> lo all,
> 
> i've installed the nessus-1.2.7 port on an openbsd 3.4 stable box and

Nessus 1.2.7 is not supported any more.
> 
> successfully added a user with rules "default accept", but once i log in with a
> client (nessuswx 1.4.4 from a winxp box on my network) on this user account, i
> get a server error message about my not being allowed to scan the hosts i listed.
> $ sudo cat /var/nessus/users/dick/auth/rules
> default accept

Do :
  sudo echo -n > /var/nessus/users/dick/auth/rules


and see if that fixes the problem. But you definitely want to upgrade to
Nessus 2.2, not stay with 1.2.7.


				-- Renaud