Specifications

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Now, you will have the latest plugins available. Each time you wish to update your plugins while not having Internet
access, you must go to the provided URL, obtain the tar/gz file, copy it to the system running Nessus, and repeat the
process above.
Using and Managing Nessus from the Command Line
Nessus Major Directories
The following table lists the installation location and primary directories used by Nessus on *nix/Linux:
Nessus Home Directory
Nessus Sub-Directories
Purpose
Unix Distributions
Red Hat, SuSE, Debian,
Ubuntu:
/opt/nessus
./etc/nessus/
Configuration files
./var/nessus/users/<username>/kbs/
User knowledgebase saved on disk
FreeBSD:
/usr/local/nessus
./lib/nessus/plugins/
Nessus plugins
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run
./var/nessus/logs/
Nessus log files
The following table lists the installation location and primary directories used by Nessus on Windows:
Nessus Home Directory
Nessus Sub-Directories
Purpose
Windows
\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus
\conf
Configuration files
\data
Stylesheet templates
\nessus\plugins
Nessus plugins
\nessus\users\<username>\kbs
User knowledgebase saved on disk
\nessus\logs
Nessus log files
Create and Manage Nessus Users with Account Limitations
A single Nessus scanner can support a complex arrangement of multiple users. For example, an organization may need
multiple personnel to have access to the same Nessus scanner but have the ability to scan different IP ranges, allowing
only some personnel access to restricted IP ranges.
Note that the following is only available for Nessus, not Nessus Enterprise.