From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 16 23:40:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5777B106564A for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:40:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=411143b5b=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F9F8FC14 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:40:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=411143b5b=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.42,232,1243832400"; d="scan'208";a="13729257" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 16 Jun 2009 18:40:46 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 89B794E6FE for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:40:46 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:40:46 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl To: FreeBSD Ports Message-ID: <9B9505B5D4381F303C13F1BD@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <63844F7221AE2C4DDB7D0388@utd65257.utdallas.edu> References: <63844F7221AE2C4DDB7D0388@utd65257.utdallas.edu> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Nessus 4.0.1 for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:40:47 -0000 --On Tuesday, June 16, 2009 13:17:52 -0500 Paul Schmehl wrote: > > Has anyone downloaded this binary distro and gotten it working on FreeBSD? I > tried it recently, with disasterous results. It not only didn't work, but it > blew up my port install, which now refuses to update the plugins. > > If someone knows how to get 4.0.1 working on FreeBSD, I'd sure appreciate a > brief tutorial. > Apparently persistence pays off. After installing (using pkg_add), and had to run nessusd -R twice to fix the plugins dbs so that the daemon would start and run properly. So anyone who's trying to do this, after registering and fetching the plugins, run nessusd -R twice (if it craters the first time, as it did for me) before starting the daemon. After that everything should work as expected. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* Check the headers before clicking on Reply.