RE: [cobalt-security] Problems running nessus

[Clive Harper <CHarper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Hird [mailto:jason.hird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 28 September 2001 10:21
> To: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-security] Problems running nessus
> 
> 
> I'm trying to get nessus up and running to do routine checks 
> of my RaQ4's,
> however, every time I try to start the daemon with
> nessus -D
> it replies with
> "bind : Address already in use"
> 
> I've checked the posts about this product that I've been able 
> to find, and
> they suggest that this is caused by having a copy of the 
> product already
> running, but it isn't. I've even tried assigning extra IP 
> addresses to the
> machine, but it still complains with the same error.
> Can anyone offer any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 

nessus daemon is started with the command 'nessusd' not 'nessus -D',
you must also run it as root.

Hope this helps

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Clive.