On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:26:07 -0500 Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to run nessus from the command line with a crontab so the
> process is entirely automated.
>
> I'm not sure if my syntax is wrong somewhere or what, but when I run the
> command, I can see nessus start as a process (with ps or top) and utilize
> cpu time and memory for a few seconds, but then it just sits idle. It's
> still running, it never relinquishes the terminal I start it from and ps
> and top still show it running.
>
> But it's idle and not doing anything. .no reports. .no nothing.
>
> HELP!
>
> Here is my command line:
>
> nessus -T html -q host.ourdomain.com 1241 user /nessus_data/server.lst
> /nessus_data/reports/nessus.html
you forgot the password it seems?
Try to use -V to get verbose output.
>
>
> -Rich
>
>
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