Re: Granting Nessus Admin Privileges

Ron Gula <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:59:56 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Kgomotso Pule wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Could someone help me regarding granting Nessus admin privileges?
> 
> I just ran my first scan and please read below (the problem relates to: *The
> Nessus scanner testing the remote host has been given SMB
> credentials to log into the remote host, however these credentials do not
> have administrative privileges.*) :
> 
> *Solution :
> 
> Reconfigure your scanner to use credentials with administrative
> privileges*
> 
> Thank you,
> Kgomotso
> 


It seems the username you are using is not an administrator. Can you try again
with an administrator account?

Ron Gula
Tenable Network Security
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