On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, H D Moore wrote: > Not quite true, if you kill -HUP the main nessus pid (stored in > $PREFIX/var/nessus/nessusd.pid), the current scan will run fine and all > subsequent scans will use the new plugins. Im not sure whether the update > script actually "restarts" the daemon or just HUP's the listening > process, read the script and find out ;)
Aaah, that makes sense. I did look at the script - it just HUPs the main nessusd PID. Thus, all the current running scans (i.e., child processes) should be safe and continue on like normal. :) Thanks! > > -HD > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. > * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. > -- ~Jay - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
