Installing Nessus 3.0.6

[busana100]

Thanks Elazar!

I am running OpenSSL version 0.9d 28 september 2006
I ran twice ldconfig and I am still getting the same message.

Please let me know if I have to check anything else.

[elazar]

Try this, run:

 ldd /opt/nessus/bin/nessus-mkcert

It is probably looking for a missing library, ldd will tell you which one...

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[busana100]

I ran ldd /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-mkcert and it came back with

not a dynamic executable

I am using diectory sbin for executbles instead of bin. Is it ok?

Also, there are so many lib directories, which one Nessus uses?

Thanks for the help

[elazar]

From the looks of it, I think you may have downloaded the wrong RPM from the Nessus site. What is the exact name of the package?

[busana100]

I downloaded the following:

Nessus-3.0.6-fc6.i386.rpm
NessusClient-3.0.0.beta5-fc6.i386.rpm

Please let me know which on is a right one.

[elazar]

NessusClient-3.0.0.beta3-es4.i386.rpm

Or as I mentioned, beta5, and from The_Captains tutorial, Nessus-3.0.6-fc5...rpm. The RPM's are distro specific and choosing the right one(s) is/are a very critical piece of this tutorial...

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[busana100]

Elazar,

Thanks! that worked like a charm. Now I got to figure how to run it. I followed your tutorial to configure it. I may have a few more questions as I started to get into it.

Thanks again

[elazar]

Elazar,

Thanks! that worked like a charm. Now I got to figure how to run it. I followed your tutorial to configure it. I may have a few more questions as I started to get into it.

Thanks again

No problem

[busana100]

elazar,

I need help with the next step after configuring per you tutorial.

I left the rules blank during the configuration. How can I find out the different rules? Suggestion given to me during the configuration man ---- did not work.

What steps I need to take to get started on any given day. Do I just start with NessusClient or I have to give also PATH statement and nessusd (servere),etc...

Thanks

[elazar]

elazar,

I need help with the next step after configuring per you tutorial.

I left the rules blank during the configuration. How can I find out the different rules? Suggestion given to me during the configuration man ---- did not work.

What steps I need to take to get started on any given day. Do I just start with NessusClient or I have to give also PATH statement and nessusd (servere),etc...

Thanks

If I remember correctly, the rules determine what a nessus user can and can't do. I wouldn't concern yourself with that right now. If you are new to nessus I would highly suggest you take a look at this http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1741 and this http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1753. They are a bit outdated(older version of nessus), but they should give you a good idea of how it works. In short, nessusd is the daemon that sits in the background, it daemon does all of the work . The Nessus client connects to the daemon and tells it what to do based on what you choose...

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