Some parameters are duplicated between /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf and ~/.nessusrc. When both are specified with different values, which one takes effect? I have seen by observation that max_hosts is the maximum that the server will use when it's specified in nessusd.conf and giving a higher value in ~/.nessusrc will not override this. Is this true for all parameters? For example, checks_read_timeout=? If I specify checks_read_timeout=10 in nessusd.conf and checks_read_timeout=5 in ~/.nessusrc then which one will actually be used? How about if the values are reversed?
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