On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Renaud Deraison wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:39:08AM +0100, Hemsley, Trevor wrote: > > 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? > > .nessusrc takes precedence. However, nessusd.conf sets the high limits > for max_hosts and max_checks (ie: you can not override these limits with > the client).
Good to know. Also, can Nessus be configured to report IP addresses and MAC addresses? DHCP networks can be a pain to scan repeatedly, otherwise. P
