help with nessus

dute105 · 12-06-2005, 03:25 AM

Am a new user in nessus, i have installed it correctly and everything seems Ok, that's the
authentication etc. but whenever i try to scan a particular host or hosts the following two
errors appear viz;

1) Nessusd return an empty report
2) E002 - these hosts could not be tested because you are not allow to do so:

Does anyone in here have an idea with this I really need some help with these problems.
Thanks in advance

Capt_Caveman · 12-06-2005, 05:31 AM

Did you add any rules when creating a user with nessus-adduser or did you just leave it blank with ctrl-D?

dute105 · 12-06-2005, 10:11 PM

Yes, I did add some of the rules when the user was created. The thing is i just don't know where the problem is.

dsumedh · 12-07-2005, 03:58 AM

If u r getting problems, try using nasl.
This is a little painful coz u need to give all the parameters as a command..
e.g.

Code:

# cd /usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins   ->this is where ur plugins will be

# nasl -h <Host_IP> <plugin_name>.nasl

Try it..hope it works

Capt_Caveman · 12-07-2005, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dute105

Yes, I did add some of the rules when the user was created. The thing is i just don't know where the problem is.

Try creating a new user with nessus-adduser without any rules (just hit ctrl-d when it asks for rules). See if that new user can scan properly.

dute105 · 12-07-2005, 11:00 PM

Thanks to all of you for your concern, it's working now.