You are trying to log onto the nessus server from localhost right? Start there. I have it on a 7.2 machine and works fine once you get in the first time. With regard to firewall, It relies heavily on nmap, so I would assume if nmap works, then nessus will work too. Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gavin Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] OT....Any Nessus user out there...help Importance: High I just installed Nessus on my system ML 8.0, My security is set to medium and I'm behind tiny firewall. everytime I try to start nessus I get the message: Authentication failed or Can't connect to host I downloaded the rpm's and rebooted the system, nessusd was running but still till this day I can't log in. (using root or normal user) I have saint running on my Mandrake system also but this problem is the same on my RedHat 7.1 system too, and I don't have saint on it yet. Thanks for any help in advance... sincerely, Gavin (Japan)
