there is a "start nessus" menu option in the kde knoppix menu, you probally have to use that as it may start nessusd with some special options.
Nessus (local client, local server) seems to fail. I'll keep looking at it, but here's what I know:
Using the 1.1.03 version (3.1?) of Knoppix-EN.
When I run 'nessusd -D', Nessus complains about a certificate:
*** 'ca_file' is not set - did you run nessus-mkcert ?
According to msgs on google, this was due to a bad RPM, and getting a new/fixed RPM solved the problem.
Has anyone had better luck with this? So far, I have:
Attempted to apt-get install nessusd, since I know debian better than RPM's (Linux's answer to .dll hell): apt-get Result wasn't pretty. Uglier still when I did an apt-get update.
running nessus-mkcert did have one error in the midst of it:
------------------------ snip
Congratulations. Your server certificate was properly created.
mv: cannot stat `/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf.tmp': No such file or directory
/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf updated
The following files were created :
. Certification authority :
Certificate = /var/lib/nessus/CA/cacert.pem
Private key = /var/lib/nessus/private/CA/cakey.pem
. Nessus Server :
Certificate = /var/lib/nessus/CA/servercert.pem
Private key = /var/lib/nessus/private/CA/serverkey.pem
--------------------- end snip
... but since /etc/nessus/nessusd.conf is created, I figured that was ok.
I've never edited/altered nessusd.conf before, so it might be possible to alter nessusd behavior to not insist on certificates.
Throughout, it seems like there's a chance I'll find something is unable to write due to read/write permissions limitations (I've found several X-based utilities that don't like everything being owned by root, when I try to save files).
there is a "start nessus" menu option in the kde knoppix menu, you probally have to use that as it may start nessusd with some special options.
nessus-mkcert normally updates the /etc/nessus/nessusd.conf file. On Knoppix, this is a symlink to the KNOPPIX loopback on the CD-ROM, so nessusd.conf is readonly. The nessus-mkcert program cannot update the conf file, but does not report the error.
You can delete the symlink, manually copy the KNOPPIX/etc/nessus/ version of the file, then run nessus-mkcert. This will work.
There is also a 'Start Nessus' menu item under the KDE system on Knoppix. It probably automates these steps - I haven't yet used this.
Nessus does run from the CD if started from the KDE...System...Security menu. Use a user name of knoppix and a password of knoppix. It worked for me, though it seemed slower than usual at scanning.
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