I followed the instructions found at http://www.nessus.org/documentation/index.php?doc=nmap-usage and am working with that now. I'll post my findings once I've had a chance to review them.
Thanks to all who've responded sofar. -----Original Message----- From: Doug Nordwall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:04 AM To: Kevin Reiter Cc: Nessus List (E-mail) Subject: Re: Options for command line scanning I'm not perfectly familair with the option, but if you import the nmap.nasl plugin, I believe there is an option to use the results of an nmap scan in your nessus scan. On 2/28/07, Kevin Reiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks, but the actual cron job portion isn't the issue - it's defining which ports that I want the Nessus scanner to scan, rather than scanning a pre-defined range. -----Original Message----- From: Morris, Josh [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:40 AM To: Kevin Reiter; Nessus List (E-mail) Subject: RE: Options for command line scanning I have been working on this and finally got it to work, heres what I did... # crontab -l (shows cron jobs) # crontab -e (edits cron jobs) Insert... # * * * * * /opt/nessus/bin/nessus -q -T html 127.0.0.1 1241 username password /home/reports/addresses.txt /home/reports/scan.html Look up Crontab and you'll see what value to put for the stars. We scan at the first of every month. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Kevin Reiter Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:30 AM To: Nessus List (E-mail) Subject: Options for command line scanning Hi all, I'm trying to setup a cron job to scan certain hosts on specific ports (output from a previously-run nmap scan), but every option I've tried just displays the help screen. Is it possible to do this from the command line? I know how to do it with a GUI client, but I'm trying to automate the process. Any assistance would be most appreciated. O/S: FreeBSD 6.2 Nessus Server/Client: 3.0.5 Kevin Reiter Senior Security Engineer Financial Services, Inc. 21 Harristown Road Glen Rock, New Jersey 07452 (201)652-6000, ext. 588 PGP ID: 0xEE665233 This message may contain confidential or proprietary information and is intended solely for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not a named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail or act upon the information contained herein. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus -- Doug Nordwall Unix, Network, and Security Administrator Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. -- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
