On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 05:42:56AM +0000, Joel Ebrahimi wrote:

> I added a fullcopy of the std,cnf 
> from the /tmp/nessus/ directory. 

I didn't see anything obviously wrong with the configuration file. 
Could you do the following:

  o Run "hostname" and report its output.

  o Run "echo $LANG" and report its output.

  o As root, take the configuration file you had attached earlier and 
    put it into a scratch directory.  Generate a private RSA key 
    using the command "openssl genrsa -out cakey.pem 1024". Now,
    attempt to generate a certificate request by running "openssl req 
    -config ssl.cnf -new -x509 -days 365 -key cakey.pem -out 
    cacert.pem". You'll be prompted for several fields; enter them
    by hand as follows:

        .
        .
        Paris
        Nessus Users United
        Certification Authority for ${hostname}
        ${hostname}
        ca@${hostname}

    Note: replace "${hostname}" with your hostname. Do you get any errors?

  o If the previous command worked, make a copy of the nessus-mkcert script
    and add the following lines:

        organizationalUnitName_min     = 10
        organizationalUnitName_max     = 64

    Do this immediately following the line that reads:

        organizationalUnitName          = Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)

    [With nessus 1.2.7, that's line 259.] Now run the modified script
    and use the defaults.  There should still be errors, but there should
    also be some additional ones - what are they?

> Also I have been looking over the source code where the error is occuring. 
> I can actaully comment out the check thats causing the error and force 
> nessus to continue but I am not sure if this will screw everything up. 

It will.

George
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