Specifications

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The installation has successfully completed when the following screen is displayed:
At this point, Nessus will continue by loading a page in your default web browser that will handle the initial configuration,
which is discussed in the section “Feed Registration and GUI Configuration”.
Starting and Stopping the Nessus Service
After the installation, the nessusd service will start. During each reboot, the service will automatically start. If there is a
reason to start or stop the service, it can be done via a Terminal window (command line) or via System Preferences. If
performed via the command line, it must be run as “root”, or via sudo:
Action
Command to Manage nessusd
Start
# launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tenablesecurity.nessusd.plist
Stop
# launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tenablesecurity.nessusd.plist