Nessus 5.0 Installation and Configuration Guide - Tenable Network

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FreeBSD Solaris Ubuntu # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nessusd.sh start # /etc/init.d/nessusd start # /etc/init.d/nessusd start Continue with the section “Feed Registration and GUI Configuration” to install the plugin Activation Code. STOP THE NESSUS DAEMON If you need to stop the nessusd service for any reason, the following command will halt Nessus and abruptly stop any on-going scans: # killall nessusd It is recommended that you use the more graceful shutdown script provided by your operating system instead: Operating System Command to Stop nessusd Red Hat, CentOS, & Oracle Linux Fedora Core SuSE Debian FreeBSD Solaris Ubuntu # /sbin/service nessusd stop # /sbin/service nessusd stop # /etc/rc.d/nessusd stop # /etc/init.d/nessusd stop # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nessusd.sh stop # /etc/init.d/nessusd stop # /etc/init.d/nessusd stop REMOVING NESSUS The following table provides instructions for removing the Nessus server on all supported platforms. Except for the Mac OS X instructions, the instructions provided will not remove the configuration files or files that were not part of the original installation. Files that were part of the original package but have changed since installation will not be removed as well. To completely remove the remaining files use the following command: Linux and Solaris: # rm -rf /opt/nessus Copyright © 2002-2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc. 18
FreeBSD: # rm -rf /usr/local/nessus/bin Platform Removal Instructions Red Hat ES 4 and CentOS 4 (32 bit); Red Hat ES 5, CentOS 5, and Oracle Linux 5 (32 and 64 bit); Red Hat ES 6, CentOS 6, and Oracle Linux 6 (32 and 64 bit) Remove Command Determine the package name: Sample Output Fedora Core 16 (32 and 64 bit) # rpm -qa | grep Nessus Use the output from the above command to remove the package: # rpm -e # rpm -qa | grep -i nessus Nessus-5.0.1-es5 # rpm -e Nessus-5.0.1-es5 # Remove Command Determine the package name: # rpm -qa | grep Nessus Use the output from the above command to remove the package: # rpm -e SuSE 10 (64 bit), 11 (32 and 64 bit) Remove Command Determine the package name: Debian 6 (32 and 64 bit) # rpm -qa | grep Nessus Use the output from the above command to remove the package: # rpm -e Remove Command Determine the package name: # dpkg -l | grep -i nessus Use the output from the above command to remove the package: # dpkg -r Copyright © 2002-2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc. 19
Page 1 and 2: Nessus 5.0 Installation and Configu
Page 3 and 4: Installation Questions ............
Page 5 and 6: Key Feature Updates The following a
Page 7 and 8: Smart Service Recognition - Nessus
Page 9 and 10: VULNERABILITY PLUGIN SUBSCRIPTIONS
Page 11 and 12: Fedora Core 16 (32 and 64 bit) Fetc
Page 13 and 14: Sample Output # dpkg -i Nessus-5.0.
Page 15 and 16: Fedora Core 16 (32 and 64 bit) All
Page 17: configuration options for your envi
Page 21 and 22: Sample Output Mac OS X # pkg_info |
Page 23 and 24: installation package by comparing t
Page 25 and 26: You will be prompted to confirm the
Page 27 and 28: STARTING AND STOPPING THE NESSUS DA
Page 29 and 30: Click “Continue”, and the softw
Page 31 and 32: At this point, Nessus will continue
Page 33 and 34: warning, a custom certificate to yo
Page 35 and 36: The first step is to create an acco
Page 37 and 38: Once the Activation Code and option
Page 39 and 40: Using the administrative credential
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Page 43 and 44: Input the username and password, ve
Page 45 and 46: As a number of other factors that a
Page 47 and 48: scans to take longer and typically
Page 49 and 50: To avoid browser warnings, a custom
Page 51 and 52: Copy the organization’s CA certif
Page 53 and 54: ENABLE CONNECTIONS WITH SMART CARD,
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