On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, net sec wrote:

> Please forgive the newbie,
> I am interested in verifying that I have Nikto installed correctly and that
> nessus is utilizing it for scans.  I don't see it specifically in my plugin
> list so I suspect I am missing something.
> Since I am likely going to go through installation of Nikto again, what is
> the trick to getting Nessus to recognize that Nikto is available if it
> doesn't see it upon initial installation(basically after the fact)?
>
> For web server scanning - is Nikto the tool most of you would recommend?


Nikto is a great tool. For the Nessus server to find, and use, Nikto, it
just needs to be in the $PATH of the user that starts the Nessus *server*
(probably 'root'). Once you verify Nikto is installed in the $PATH, then
HUP/restart your nessusd process.

~Jay

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