As far as I know, the functionality for running detached scans in general was taken out of Nessus years ago. Your supposed to use the command-line version to run fire-and-forget scans.
-------- Jeff Mercer - CISO - Security Vulnerability Assessments >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Chajecki >Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:15 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Running a detached scan > > >Can Nessus client 3.2.0 run a detached scan like Nessus WX can? > >I can't find an option for this anywhere and it seems that the >client needs to remain open while the scan is running. > >Also, is there any way, after launching the client, of opening >a previously saved .nessus profile without it then opening a >new window? Its not a big problem but just a little irritating >having to close the original window down each time. > > >_ >John Chajecki >Senior Infrastructure Engineer >Information Division >Resources Department >Leicester City Council > >_______________________________________________ >Nessus mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
