Re: copying *.nessus policies from one machine to another

Bob Babcock <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> What is the procedure for copying a set of *.nessus files from one
> machine to another?
> 
> I'm referring to Windows version of Nessus.
> 
> I tried copying them from directory on laptop A to same location on
> laptop B and they don't show up on laptop B in Nessus. I tried quitting
> and re-launching nessus client on laptop B and still no luck.

Try running build.exe.  The plugins get compiled into .db files one
level up from the plugins directory.  Deleting the .db files before
running build is roughly equivalent to the checkbox to purge the
database before updating.  Just copying the .db files might also work.
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