-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear list
This morning I have upgraded my Nessus installation on Debian GNU/Linux woody 2.4.20-1-686 with the usual "apt-get update && apt-get install nessus". Afterwards I tried to run a test scan on the hosts in my network. As like in [1] my Nessus client produces the some fork errors in /var/log/nessus/ - The launch of all the plugins is not possible: - --- cut --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tail -n 30 /var/log/nessus/nessusd.messages [Wed Dec 8 16:19:28 2004][467] Client requested protocol version 12. [Wed Dec 8 16:19:28 2004][467] successful login of maru from 127.0.0.1 [Wed Dec 8 16:19:57 2004][467] Redirecting debugging output to /var/lib/nessus/nessusd.dump [Wed Dec 8 16:20:40 2004][467] user maru : session will be saved as /var/lib/nessus/users/maru/sessions/20041208-162040-index [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][467] 'nikto_wrapper.nes' depends on 'libwhisker_settings.nasl' which could not be found [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][467] user maru starts a new attack. Target(s) : 127.0.0.1, with max_hosts = 255 and max_checks = 15 [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][467] user maru : testing 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) [483] [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][483] user maru : launching global_settings.nasl against 127.0.0.1 [484] [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][483] user maru : launching ssh_settings.nasl against 127.0.0.1 [485] [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][483] global_settings.nasl (process 484) finished its job in 0.144 seconds [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][483] ssh_settings.nasl (process 485) finished its job in 0.149 seconds [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][483] user maru : launching ping_host.nasl against 127.0.0.1 [486] [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][483] ping_host.nasl (process 486) finished its job in 0.007 seconds [Wed Dec 8 16:20:44 2004][483] user maru : launching netstat_portscan.nasl against 127.0.0.1 [487] [Wed Dec 8 16:20:45 2004][483] netstat_portscan.nasl (process 487) finished its job in 0.776 seconds [Wed Dec 8 16:20:45 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 1 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:20:46 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 2 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:20:48 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 3 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:20:51 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 4 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:20:55 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 5 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:21:00 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 6 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:21:06 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 7 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:21:13 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 8 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:21:21 2004][483] fork() failed - sleeping 9 seconds (No child processes) [Wed Dec 8 16:21:21 2004][467] Stopping the whole test (requested by client) [Wed Dec 8 16:21:21 2004][467] Client abruptly closed the communication [Wed Dec 8 16:21:21 2004][467] user maru : test complete [Wed Dec 8 16:21:21 2004][467] user maru : Kept alive connection [Wed Dec 8 16:21:24 2004][467] Communication closed by client - --- cut --- Here the version data of my installation: - --- cut --- Linux woody 2.4.20-1-686 #1 Sat Mar 22 13:16:21 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux [...] woody:/home/maru# nessusd -v nessusd (Nessus) 2.2.0 for Linux (C) 1998 - 2004 Renaud Deraison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - --- cut --- Does anyone know what the problem may be? I have already checked the settings in /etc/security/limits.conf and tried to run the Nessus daemon with the -P Regards, Marc Ruef [1] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/htdig/nessus/2004-April/msg00097.html - -- ) scip AG ( Technoparkstr. 1 8005 Z�rich T +41 1 445 18 18 F +41 1 445 18 19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.scip.ch http://www.computec.ch/projekte/atk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 Comment: http://www.scip.ch iQA/AwUBQbcWvRe5hzJzqVMhEQLqwwCg9PHULbzftmrDFSTUIpC+RDywDj8AoLpg V+hzuBPUyL4HSjIFa/k7WggA =qRtk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
