fact: NESSUS(1) is an X11 client. 
fact: Keith doesn't have an X server on his machine. 

therefore: Your reply does not apply, and in fact, is incorrect.

Its a wonder what reading with attention reveals.


pub  1024D/4D4E605E 2001-10-05 Jim Kovalchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Keith Mastin wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> 
> Try 'man nessus' ?  It's a wonder what man pages produce :-)
> 
> NESSUS(1)                 Users Manuals                 NESSUS(1)
> 
> NAME
>        nessus - The client part of the Nessus Security Scanner
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>        nessus  [  -v ] [ -h ] [ -n ] [ -q host port user password
>        targets results ]
> 
> DESCRIPTION
>        The Nessus Security Scanner is a  security  auditing  tool
>        made  up  of  two  parts  :  a  server, and a client.  The
>        server, nessusd(8) is in charge of  the  attacks,  whereas
>        the client nessus provides an interface to the user.
> 
>        nessus is an X11 client based on the Gimp ToolKit (GTK).
> 
>        This man page explains how to use the client.
> 
> 
> > I just installed nessus on a machine that has no X server. While I have the
> > program installed and am able to run nessusd -D, I could find no documentation
> > on actually running it from the command line.
> > If someone could point me to a place where I could find this info and perhaps
> > some script samples and example files, I would be most grateful.
> > TIA
> > --
> > Keith Mastin             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >        http://www.beechtree.ca
> >
> 
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