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Subject: Re: Checking credentials~
From: Kevin Chak <kevinckc1628 () hotmail ! com>
Date: 2008-04-21 20:01:03
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Thanks everyone. Just wondering one more thing. if Nessus doesn't support the Linux \
system, does this mean that Nessus cannot perform any scan which credentials are \
needed? What else is limited?
Thanks so much,
Kevin> > Message: 5> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:00:04 -1000> From: Kevin Chak \
<kevinckc1628@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: Checking credentials~> To: \
<nessus@list.nessus.org>> Message-ID: <BAY103-W13B2666C16C7342DB54134D6E60@phx.gbl>> \
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > > Thanks, Yarick~> > I ran the \
command "cat /etc/redhat-release" and here is what I got:> > [test1]$ cat \
/etc/redhat-releaseRed Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)> Hope this helps,> > Kevin> > > \
> > Message: 4> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:02:46 -1000> From: Kevin Chak \
> > <kevinckc1628@hotmail.com>> Subject: RE: Nessus Digest, Vol 54, Issue 17> To: \
> > <nessus@list.nessus.org>> Message-ID: \
> > <BAY103-W14FB70D6365ABF452C4ECD6E60@phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; \
> > charset="iso-8859-1"> > > In case you want to see the result. This is what I get \
> > after I that "ls" command:> > ls: /etc/*version: No such file or \
> > directory-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Sep 5 2002 /etc/redhat-release> Thanks,> > \
> > Kevin> > Message: 2> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:56:21 -1000> From: Kevin Chak \
> > <kevinckc1628@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: Checking credentials~> To: \
> > <nessus@list.nessus.org>> Message-ID: \
> > <BAY103-W34220A0B519C5313204460D6E70@phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; \
> > charset="iso-8859-1"> > > Thanks~I ran that command and there is a \
> > 'readhat-release' in /etc. Is this distro you don't support??> > Kevin> > \
> > Message: 2> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:12:34 -0400> From: 'George A. Theall' \
> > <theall@tenablesecurity.com>> Sub> ject: Re: Checking credentials~> To: \
> > nessus@list.nessus.org> Message-ID: \
> > <13E791C7-507B-4122-9CB7-55218C05D004@tenablesecurity.com>> Content-Type: \
> > text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes> > On Apr 17, 2008, at \
> > 3:26 AM, Kevin Chak wrote:> > > Sorry, how do I know what kind of Linux system \
> > I'm logging in?> > There is probably a file in /etc describing the distro; it \
> > will be > named something like 'redhat-release', 'debian_version', etc. So one > \
> > approach is to> ssh i> nto the host and run 'ls -al /etc/*{version,release} \
> > 2>/dev/ > null'. It's possible it's either a distro we don't support or someone > \
> > removed the file so we can't determine what it is.> > George> -- > \
> > theall@tenablesecurity.com> > > \
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> > > > +0200> From: "Renaud Deraison (lists)" <deraison-lists@nessus.org>> Subject: \
> > > > Re: Checking credentials~> To: Nessus list <nessus@list.nessus.org>> \
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> > > > text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > > On Apr 21, 2008, at 1:00 AM, Kevin Chak \
> > > > wrote:> > > Thanks, Yarick~> >> > I ran the command "cat /etc/redhat-release" \
> > > > and here is what I got:> >> > [test1]$ cat /etc/redhat-release> > Red Hat \
> > > > Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)> > > This distribution is not supported by Nessus \
> > > > nor by Red Hat for that > matter (it's over 6 years old). You should upgrade \
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Thanks everyone. Just wondering one more thing. if Nessus doesn't support the Linux \
system, does this mean that Nessus cannot perform any scan which credentials are \
needed? What else is limited?<BR> <BR>
<BR>
Thanks so much,<BR>
Kevin<BR><BR>> <BR>> Message: 5<BR>> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:00:04 \
-1000<BR>> From: Kevin Chak <kevinckc1628@hotmail.com><BR>> Subject: Re: \
Checking credentials~<BR>> To: <nessus@list.nessus.org><BR>> Message-ID: \
<BAY103-W13B2666C16C7342DB54134D6E60@phx.gbl><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; \
charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Thanks, Yarick~<BR>> <BR>> I ran \
the command "cat /etc/redhat-release" and here is what I got:<BR>> <BR>> \
[test1]$ cat /etc/redhat-releaseRed Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)<BR>> Hope this \
helps,<BR>> <BR>> Kevin<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > > Message: 4> \
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:02:46 -1000> From: Kevin Chak \
<kevinckc1628@hotmail.com>> Subject: RE: Nessus Digest, Vol 54, Issue 17> \
To: <nessus@list.nessus.org>> Message-ID: \
<BAY103-W14FB70D6365ABF452C4ECD6E60@phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; \
charset="iso-8859-1"> > > In case you want to see the result. This is what I \
get after I that "ls" command:> > ls: /etc/*version: No such file or \
directory-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Sep 5 2002 /etc/redhat-release> Thanks,> \
> Kevin> > Message: 2> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:56:21 -1000> From: \
Kevin Chak <kevinckc1628@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: Checking \
credentials~> To: <nessus@list.nessus.org>> Message-ID: \
<BAY103-W34220A0B519C5313204460D6E70@phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; \
charset="iso-8859-1"> > > Thanks~I ran that command and there is a \
'readhat-release' in /etc. Is this distro you don't support??> > Kevin> > \
Message: 2> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:12:34 -0400> From: 'George A. Theall' \
<theall@tenablesecurity.com>> Sub<BR>> ject: Re: Checking \
credentials~> To: nessus@list.nessus.org> Message-ID: \
<13E791C7-507B-4122-9CB7-55218C05D004@tenablesecurity.com>> Content-Type: \
text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes> > On Apr 17, 2008, at \
3:26 AM, Kevin Chak wrote:> > > Sorry, how do I know what kind of Linux \
system I'm logging in?> > There is probably a file in /etc describing the \
distro; it will be > named something like 'redhat-release', 'debian_version', etc. \
So one > approach is to> ssh i> nto the host and run 'ls -al \
/etc/*{version,release} 2>/dev/ > null'. It's possible it's either a distro we \
don't support or someone > removed the file so we can't determine what it is.> \
> George> -- > theall@tenablesecurity.com> > <BR>> \
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7<BR>> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:43:33 +0200<BR>> From: "Renaud Deraison \
(lists)" <deraison-lists@nessus.org><BR>> Subject: Re: Checking \
credentials~<BR>> To: Nessus list <nessus@list.nessus.org><BR>> \
Message-ID: <6D738095-5797-48B3-8B2A-B367A33A8098@nessus.org><BR>> \
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Apr 21, \
2008, at 1:00 AM, Kevin Chak wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > Thanks, Yarick~<BR>> \
><BR>> > I ran the command "cat /etc/redhat-release" and here is what I \
got:<BR>> ><BR>> > [test1]$ cat /etc/redhat-release<BR>> > Red Hat \
Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> This distribution is not \
supported by Nessus nor by Red Hat for that <BR>> matter (it's over 6 years old). \
You should upgrade to something newer.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- Renaud<BR>> \
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