I am trying, and failing, to install Nessus 3.2.1 on Debian 4.0 (Etch). I had originally installed Nessus 2.2.8 using apt-get, attempted to upgrade it with the package downloaded from the Nessus website. Uninstalled the 2.2.8 version using apt-get. The same problem occurred both before and after uninstalling the 2.2.8 version.
Any suggestions? Is there an archive for this list? I wanted to see if the same question had been raised in the past, but could not see anywhere to search. TIA, Richard Here are the symptoms: riverside:~/Install/Nessus# dpkg -i Nessus-3.2.1-debian4_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package nessus. (Reading database ... 39677 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking nessus (from Nessus-3.2.1-debian4_i386.deb) ... Setting up nessus (3.2.1) ... <<< hangs at this point (use Ctrl-C to interrupt) dpkg: error processing nessus (--install): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) Errors were encountered while processing: nessus In a separate console session, also running as root, "ps ax" produces, after the standard entries. The "//" in "/opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd" looks suspicious? 20654 pts/0 S+ 0:04 dpkg -i Nessus-3.2.1-debian4_i386.deb 20672 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/bash /var/lib/dpkg/info/nessus.postinst configure 2.2.8-1 << this looks wrong? 20677 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-mkcert -q 20682 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20683 pts/0 R+ 0:37 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20684 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20685 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20686 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20687 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20688 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g ...<very large number of these lines snipped> 20931 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20932 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20933 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20934 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20935 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20936 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20937 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /opt/nessus//sbin/nessusd -g 20980 ? Ss 0:00 sshd: unknown [priv] 20981 ? S 0:00 sshd: unknown [net] 20982 pts/1 R+ 0:00 ps ax riverside:~# _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
