Hi
I have Nessus 1.2.3 running on RH7.2 and I have disabled all the ping
options, but still Nessus tries to runf ping_host.nasl and fails. Below
is .nessusrc file, can somebody please send me in the right direction.

Thanks
Siegfried 



# This file was automagically created by nessus
trusted_ca = /opt/nessus/com/nessus/CA/cacert.pem
nessusd_host = ***.***.***.*** 
nessusd_user = *********
begin(SCANNER_SET)
 10180 = yes
 10277 = no
 10278 = no
 10331 = no
 10335 = no
 10841 = no
 10336 = yes
 10796 = yes
end(SCANNER_SET)

begin(SERVER_PREFS)
 max_hosts = 30
 max_checks = 10
 log_whole_attack = yes
 report_killed_plugins = yes
 cgi_path = /cgi-bin:/scripts
 port_range = 1-15000
 optimize_test = yes
 language = english
 per_user_base = /opt/nessus/var/nessus/users
 checks_read_timeout = 15
 delay_between_tests = 1
 non_simult_ports = 139
 plugins_timeout = 320
 safe_checks = yes
 auto_enable_dependencies = no
 use_mac_addr = no
 save_knowledge_base = yes
 kb_restore = no
 only_test_hosts_whose_kb_we_dont_have = no
 only_test_hosts_whose_kb_we_have = no
 kb_dont_replay_scanners = no
 kb_dont_replay_info_gathering = no
 kb_dont_replay_attacks = no
 kb_dont_replay_denials = no
 kb_max_age = 864000
 plugin_upload = no
 plugin_upload_suffixes = .nasl
end(SERVER_PREFS)

begin(PLUGINS_PREFS)
 BlackIce DoS (ping flood)[entry]:Flood length : = 600
 BlackIce DoS (ping flood)[entry]:Data length : = 10000
 BlackIce DoS (ping flood)[entry]:MTU : = 576
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Use HTTP HEAD instead of GET = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[radio]:URL encoding = none
 HTTP NIDS evasion[radio]:Absolute URI type = none
 HTTP NIDS evasion[radio]:Absolute URI host = none
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Double slashes = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[radio]:Reverse traversal = none
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Self-reference directories = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Premature request ending = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:CGI.pm semicolon separator = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Parameter hiding = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Dos/Windows syntax = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Null method = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:TAB separator = no
 HTTP NIDS evasion[checkbox]:HTTP/0.9 requests = no
 Test HTTP dangerous methods[checkbox]:Integrist test = no
 NIDS evasion[radio]:TCP evasion technique = none
 NIDS evasion[checkbox]:Send fake RST when establishing a TCP connection
= no
 Login configurations[entry]:FTP account : = anonymous
 Login configurations[password]:FTP password (sent in clear) : =
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Login configurations[entry]:FTP writeable directory : = /incoming
 Ping the remote host[entry]:TCP ping destination port(s) : = 22
 Ping the remote host[checkbox]:Do a TCP ping = no
 Ping the remote host[checkbox]:Do an ICMP ping = no
 Ping the remote host[entry]:Number of retries (ICMP) : = 10
 Ping the remote host[checkbox]:Make the dead hosts appear in the report
= no
 SMB Scope[checkbox]:Request information about the domain = yes
 SMB use host SID to enumerate local users[entry]:Start UID : = 1000
 SMB use host SID to enumerate local users[entry]:End UID : = 1200
 SMB use domain SID to enumerate users[entry]:Start UID : = 1000
 SMB use domain SID to enumerate users[entry]:End UID : = 1200
 Third party domain[entry]:Third party domain : = nessus.org
 Web mirroring[entry]:Number of pages to mirror : = 10
 Web mirroring[entry]:Start page : = /
 Default accounts[entry]:Simultaneous connections : = 10
 Services[entry]:Network connection timeout : = 5
 Services[entry]:Network read/write timeout : = 5
 Services[checkbox]:Quick SOCKS proxy checking = yes
 FTP bounce scan[entry]:FTP server to use : = localhost
 ftp writeable directories[radio]:How to check if directories are
writeable : = Trust the permissions (drwxrwx---)
 Brute force login (Hydra)[entry]:Number of simultaneous connections : =
4
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force telnet = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force FTP = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force POP3 = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force IMAP = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force cisco = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force VNC = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force SOCKS 5 = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force rexec = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force NNTP = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force HTTP = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force ICQ = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force PCNFS = no
 Brute force login (Hydra)[checkbox]:Brute force SMB = no
 Nmap[radio]:TCP scanning technique : = connect()
 Nmap[checkbox]:UDP port scan = no
 Nmap[checkbox]:RPC port scan = no
 Nmap[checkbox]:Ping the remote host = no
 Nmap[checkbox]:Identify the remote OS = yes
 Nmap[checkbox]:Use hidden option to identify the remote OS = no
 Nmap[checkbox]:Fragment IP packets (bypasses firewalls) = no
 Nmap[checkbox]:Get Identd info = no
 Nmap[radio]:Port range = User specified range
 Nmap[checkbox]:Do not randomize the  order  in  which ports are scanned
= yes
 Nmap[entry]:Source port : = any
 Nmap[radio]:Timing policy : = Normal
 Misc information on News server[entry]:From address : = Nessus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Misc information on News server[entry]:Test group name regex : =
f[a-z]\.tests?
 Misc information on News server[entry]:Max crosspost : = 7
 Misc information on News server[checkbox]:Local distribution = yes
 Misc information on News server[checkbox]:No archive = no
 p-smash DoS (ICMP #9 flood)[entry]:Flood length : = 5000
 p-smash DoS (ICMP #9 flood)[entry]:Data length : = 500
 RedHat 6.2 inetd[radio]:Testing method = quick and dirty
 SMTP settings[entry]:Third party domain : = nessus.org
 SMTP settings[entry]:From address : = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 SMTP settings[entry]:To address : = postmaster@[AUTO_REPLACED_IP]
 HTTP NIDS evasion[entry]:Force protocol string : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:HTTP account : = 
 Login configurations[password]:HTTP password (sent in clear) : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:NNTP account : = 
 Login configurations[password]:NNTP password (sent in clear) : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:POP2 account : = 
 Login configurations[password]:POP2 password (sent in clear) : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:POP3 account : = 
 Login configurations[password]:POP3 password (sent in clear) : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:IMAP account : = 
 Login configurations[password]:IMAP password (sent in clear) : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:SMB account : = 
 Login configurations[password]:SMB password (sent in clear) : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:SMB domain (optional) : = 
 Login configurations[entry]:SNMP community (sent in clear) : = 
 Brute force login (Hydra)[file]:Logins file : = 
 Brute force login (Hydra)[file]:Passwords file : = 
 Brute force login (Hydra)[entry]:Web page to brute force : = 
 Nmap[entry]:Host Timeout (ms) : = 
 Nmap[entry]:Min RTT Timeout (ms) : = 
 Nmap[entry]:Max RTT Timeout (ms) : = 
 Nmap[entry]:Initial RTT timeout (ms) = 
 Nmap[entry]:Ports scanned in parallel = 
 Nmap[entry]:Minimum wait between probes (ms) = 
 Nmap[file]:File containing nmap's results : = 
end(PLUGINS_PREFS)

begin(SERVER_INFO)
 server_info_nessusd_version = 1.2.1
 server_info_libnasl_version = 1.2.1
 server_info_libnessus_version = 1.2.1
 server_info_thread_manager = fork
 server_info_os = Linux
 server_info_os_version = 2.4.9-34
end(SERVER_INFO)

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