Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:10:54 +1000 From: richo <richo@psych0tik.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Cc: "Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick@centurytel.net> Subject: Re: Cannot build or install Nessus on FreeBSD 9-beta2 Message-ID: <20110927011052.GA27088@richh-desktop.boxdice.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4E811B47.8040006@centurytel.net> References: <4E811B47.8040006@centurytel.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I don't think this is relevant to the -security list. If you've only wasted a few hours since posting the exact same thing to -questions, I think maybe your list etiquette needs reexamination. -- richo On 26/09/11 19:39 -0500, Michael D. Norwick wrote: >Good Day; > >I am trying to install Nessus on a Dell Latitude laptop running >FreeBSD 9-beta2. /usr/ports was updated around 09/20/2011 and the >current source for the kernel and world were csup'd late last week. >I have built a new kernel with debugging disabled to reduce the noise >to the terminal. I have - device bpf - uncommented in the config >file and I commented out unneeded device drivers. I built a new >world yesterday. The build and install went without error. > >I started this thread on freebsd-questions this morning; > >Re: Trying to build nessus 4 from ports > >When trying to install the binary downloaded from tenable.com - >Nessus-4.4.1-fbsd8-amd64.tbz using pkg_add it says I need to enable >more bpf devices. Deleting the package then attempting to install >from /usr/ports/security/nessus results in a successful build but >when nessusd is started it errors out on 'libz.so.5 not found'. >FreeBSD 9 is at libz.so.6. > >I really like FreeBSD 9 on this machine but I have a work project >that involves port scanning, intrusion detection and forensics. That >is why I am attempting to get Nessus working. I would like the >company to purchase Nessus for business but I have to get it working >on my test network first. I am trying to follow Mr. Richard >Bejtlich's book 'The Tao of Network Security Monitoring'. Maybe I >need to fall back to FreeBSD 8.2 in order to be successful? Are >there other security tools which build without error on FreeBSD 9? > >Thank You > >Michael -- richo || Today's excuse: electromagnetic radiation from satellite debris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOgSKcAAoJEIKiWz6J5yQVAgcH/0WXFSsRKFcu5XR3RSN5GAnU ymWu3xO7dB3dGPxciWEWQj/ORgh3OkU3Ag8FZImoLPstaDy4tJpBV7oH1cIo/nyH 30GBoVPZowizI9Lv7Uf5wDOyxUfP1lLK9w+ysbw+Q5oFsNwC2j4PeUpNd960YRNa X53szS1cCVGPmRyhukjlnjO3pk5N+lIYadxUh1u78nq5GyQecSmcP7dARvQzhkXo qGC04OqYnk0o2dZ6ujSIMo9TJEqSWD8jPCd61Y6GFdZN/BdAL5T/sth7LSeOYYgu mRUYJnSak46buGBKCOMe16Nx2rdpg9pr7Lk2y55XpC1mVw4Xk990MInPOx+H+bA= =gfH6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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