Hi Jason, Thanks. I assume this is why I couldn't scan any ports in my port range? (1-15000)
*grumble* -Anne DePriest, Jason R. grabbed a keyboard and typed... > I have mentioned in the past that the Debian package for the nessus > plugins version 2.0.7 has a broken nmap wrapper. > > I have even submitted a bug report to the Debian package maintainer. > > In the mean time, I found a work around, which I thought I would share > here. > > 1) Install the nessus-plugins package version 2.0.7-1 using apt-get, > dslect, dpkg, or whatever you prefer. > 2) Download the source code for the nessus-plugins version 2.0.7 from > the Nessus website and extract them. > 3) Use the same command-line to configure the source that the Debian > package uses (can be obtained from > http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=nessus-plugins&ver=2.0.7-1&arch= > ia64&stamp=1057948636&file=log&as=raw): $ CFLAGS="-g -Wall -O2" > ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr > --mandir='${prefix}/share/man' --localstatedir=/var/lib/nessus > --with-fetchcmd=wget > 4) The configure should complete without errors. > 5) Then do the standard make, make install. > > At that point, the Debian package management system knows you have > nessus-plugins version 2.0.7-1 installed ~and~ the nmap wrapper is > working like it is supposed to. > > -Jason -- .-"".__."``". Anne Carasik, System Administrator .-.--. _...' (/) (/) ``' gator at cacr dot caltech dot edu (O/ O) \-' ` -="""=. ', Center for Advanced Computing Research ~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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