On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:51:21PM +0000, Joe Dauncey wrote:

> I can create users on the server and connect remotely with NessusWX using 
> passwords.
> 
> However, when I try and do it with certificates I get an error from 
> NessusWX -
>         'Invalid username or password supplied'

From my testing, NessusWX doesn't seem to care about the line endings of
the certificate file; ie, it works fine with either the DOS or unix line
endings.  Also, if I use a totally bogus certificate (like
C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT), NessusWX installs it fine but complains with the error
"Cannot load client certificate" whenever I try to use it to connect.  I
also get the same error if I don't select a client certificate while
trying to authenticate with a certificate. 

The only way I can reproduce your error has been to not use a
certificate at all and instead authenticate by password.  And then, only
if the password stored by the Nessus daemon is missing or different from
what I enter and the nessusd.conf doesn't have force_pubkey_auth set to
yes. 

So, how are you authenticating with NessusWX? In the Connect (not Quick
Connect) dialog box, there's a set of radio buttons in the lower right
quadrant to select between authentication by password and by
certificate. 


George
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