On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:39:08AM +0100, Hemsley, Trevor wrote: > Some parameters are duplicated between /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf and > ~/.nessusrc. When both are specified with different values, which one takes effect? > I have seen by observation that max_hosts is the maximum that the server will use > when it's specified in nessusd.conf and giving a higher value in ~/.nessusrc will > not override this. Is this true for all parameters? For example, > checks_read_timeout=? If I specify checks_read_timeout=10 in nessusd.conf and > checks_read_timeout=5 in ~/.nessusrc then which one will actually be used? How about > if the values are reversed?
.nessusrc takes precedence. However, nessusd.conf sets the high limits for max_hosts and max_checks (ie: you can not override these limits with the client).
