[PLUG] FW: Nessus

[Derek Loree]

On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 16:19, Jim Webb wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to get Nessus to run.  I installed the nessus vulnerability
> scanner, but I'm unable to start the nessus daemon. I found it in
> /usr/local/sbin where it has 755 for permissions.  I'm logged in as su root.
> bash told me that "bash: nessusd: command not found".  And I can start the
> nessus client.

You don't have the root environment, you need to put a - between the su
and the root (like: su - root) to inherit the root environment.

OTOH, if you specify full path name, it will work
(like:/usr/local/sbin/nessusd).

HTH

Derek Loree