On Tue, 18 May 2004, Scott, Joshua wrote:
> Can the nessusd daemon log to a different file for each scan that is
> performed? I'd like to save the log entries that are specific to a scan
> along with the resulting scan file. The purpose of this is to show the
> auditors the exact process performed on each system from start to finish. I
> know I can grep the log file or write a script to parse the it, but I was
> curious to know if there was an easier way to get this accomplished.
Hi Joshua. There is no standard facility for nessusd (the server side) to
create different instances of </usr/local/var/nessus/log/*> for each scan.
However, I think enabling the session saving feature might fit your needs.
While it is not a "regular" Nessus log, it is a per-scan and per-host
record created on the server in </usr/local/var/nessus/users/NAME/kbs/>.
Take a peek at:
http://www.edgeos.com/nessuskb/details.php?option_id=229
Also, if you have a relatively small setup and your Nessus client and
server are on the same physical box, you could just have a quick wrapper
around starting the client that would do the </usr/local/var/nessus/logs/>
log rotation each time the client is started. Not Nessus-built-in, but it
may fit your needs.
~Jay
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