I authenticate using a certificate.
I have users set up to use a password as well.
I pre-load the client certificate into the client. Then I use the Connect box to change the authentication type and username, and select the client certificate. Then when I connect, it gets so far through the dialogue, then gives me the error.
I agree that it's confusing that it reports the problem as a username/password.
Joe
At 21:51 07/03/2003, George A. Theall wrote:
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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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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