From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 16:59:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D026F106567F for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@neu.net) Received: from neu.net (neu.net [199.237.202.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CCEC8FC1C for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@neu.net) Received: from neu.net (neu.net [199.237.202.236]) by neu.net (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m7KGxTeK091695 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:31 GMT Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:29 +0000 (GMT) From: AN To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93.1, clamav-milter version 0.93.1 on neu.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: nessus config problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:32 -0000 I installed nessus and am having a problem loading the plugins. nessus -v nessus (Nessus) 2.2.9 for FreeBSD (C) 1998 - 2006 Tenable Network Security, Inc. SSL used for client - server communication I registered and updated the plugins with the script. I have the following in /etc/rc.conf: nessusd_enable="YES" nessusd_flags=-D During boot up I see the plugins being loaded, however in the plugins tab in the program nothing shows in the window. I see the following in cat /usr/local/var/nessus/logs/nessusd.messages [Wed Aug 20 18:44:29 2008][8516] nessusd 2.2.9. started [Wed Aug 20 18:45:20 2008][8516] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:45:27 2008][8607] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 18:45:27 2008][8607] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:53:22 2008][8516] received the INT signal [Wed Aug 20 18:54:46 2008][8888] nessusd 2.2.9. started [Wed Aug 20 18:55:06 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:55:06 2008][8915] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 18:55:06 2008][8915] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:55:10 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:55:10 2008][8918] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 18:55:10 2008][8918] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:55:14 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:55:14 2008][8920] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 18:55:14 2008][8920] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:55:28 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 18:55:28 2008][8928] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 18:55:29 2008][8928] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:03:38 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:03:38 2008][9179] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 19:03:38 2008][9179] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:04:22 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:04:22 2008][9201] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 19:04:22 2008][9201] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:19:32 2008][8888] received the TERM signal [Wed Aug 20 19:21:25 2008][618] nessusd 2.2.9. started [Wed Aug 20 19:25:30 2008][618] received the TERM signal [Wed Aug 20 19:27:35 2008][616] nessusd 2.2.9. started [Wed Aug 20 19:29:20 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:29:20 2008][1040] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 19:29:20 2008][1040] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:31:35 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:31:35 2008][1110] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 19:31:35 2008][1110] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:32:09 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:32:09 2008][1127] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 19:32:09 2008][1127] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:32:20 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Aug 20 19:32:20 2008][1134] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Aug 20 19:32:20 2008][1134] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1 When I try to run a scan I get a dialog box that says "nessusd returned an empty report." I also installed the certificates sucessfully. I'm not sure what to try now, any help is appreciated. TIA