How about this suggestion? nessus-update-plugins should check for multiple nessusd processes running, and if found, print a "try again" message and return a fail exit code (EAGAIN error?) when nessusd is scanning.
Regards, -Mike Slifcak -----Original Message----- From: Alec H. Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 6:18 PM To: Steve Brorens; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: nessusd behaving badly --On Friday, September 20, 2002 9:06 +1200 Steve Brorens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ??? I must admit to having not gone thru the logic of what's suggestted > here, but surely if nessus-update-plugins can't be run regularly without > all this schemozzle then it has a bug/defect? That is a very good point, we should see what can be done to trap the HUP operation and have it actually reload at an appropriate time. Alec -- Alec H. Peterson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chief Technology Officer Catbird Networks, http://www.catbird.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
