RE: Running a detached scan

"Mercer, Jeff C - Raleigh, NC" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <B4FAD131405849469A8FE9C9162AC026029A4B88@EAGNMNSXM12>
As far as I know, the functionality for running detached scans in
general was taken out of Nessus years ago. Your supposed to use the
command-line version to run fire-and-forget scans.


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Jeff Mercer - CISO - Security Vulnerability Assessments
  

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] 
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Chajecki
>Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:15 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Running a detached scan
>
>
>Can Nessus client 3.2.0 run a detached scan like Nessus WX can?
>
>I can't find an option for this anywhere and it seems that the 
>client needs to remain open while the scan is running.
>
>Also, is there any way, after launching the client, of opening 
>a previously saved .nessus profile without it then opening a 
>new window? Its not a big problem but just a little irritating 
>having to close the original window down each time.
>
>
>_
>John Chajecki
>Senior Infrastructure Engineer
>Information Division
>Resources Department
>Leicester City Council
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