It is possible, but with the version you are using you will have to setup
custom config files. In our environment we do this by having cron run a
wrapper that deals with creating timestamped config files and calling nessus
with them. The beta version allows setting options on the commandline.
Tim Doty
-----Original Message-----
From: nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org [mailto:nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org]
On Behalf Of Kevin Reiter
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:53 AM
To: Morris, Josh; Nessus List (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Options for command line scanning
Thanks, but the actual cron job portion isn't the issue - it's defining
which ports that I want the Nessus scanner to scan, rather than scanning a
pre-defined range.
-----Original Message-----
From: Morris, Josh [mailto:Josh.Morris@smithnephew.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:40 AM
To: Kevin Reiter; Nessus List (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Options for command line scanning
I have been working on this and finally got it to work, heres what I did...
# crontab -l (shows cron jobs)
# crontab -e (edits cron jobs)
Insert...
# * * * * * /opt/nessus/bin/nessus -q -T html 127.0.0.1 1241 username
password /home/reports/addresses.txt /home/reports/scan.html
Look up Crontab and you'll see what value to put for the stars. We scan at
the first of every month.
Hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org
[mailto:nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Reiter
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:30 AM
To: Nessus List (E-mail)
Subject: Options for command line scanning
Hi all,
I'm trying to setup a cron job to scan certain hosts on specific ports
(output from a previously-run nmap scan), but every option I've tried just
displays the help screen. Is it possible to do this from the command line?
I know how to do it with a GUI client, but I'm trying to automate the
process. Any assistance would be most appreciated.
O/S: FreeBSD 6.2
Nessus Server/Client: 3.0.5
Kevin Reiter
Senior Security Engineer
Financial Services, Inc.
21 Harristown Road
Glen Rock, New Jersey 07452
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