Notes From a Simple Man: How To install Nessus On Backtrack 5 R1

In this session, i'll try to install Nessus on my Backtrack 5 r1.

First, download Nessus on http://www.nessus.org/ ..

I located the nessus on directory /root/Tugas 2/

After that i try to install nessus with command :

root@bt:~# cd /root/Tugas\ 2/

root@bt:~/Tugas 2# dpkg -i Nessus-4.4.1-ubuntu910_i386.deb

Selecting previously deselected package nessus.

(Reading database ... 314453 files and directories currently installed.)

Unpacking nessus (from Nessus-4.4.1-ubuntu910_i386.deb) ...

Setting up nessus (4.4.1) ...

- Please run /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-adduser to add a user

- Register your Nessus scanner at http://www.nessus.org/register/ to obtain

all the newest plugins

- You can start nessusd by typing /etc/init.d/nessusd start

Processing triggers for ureadahead ...

After the proccess installation finished, add a user for Nessus with command root@bt:~/Tugas 2# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-adduser

then you must enter username and password for login

Login : admin

Login password :

Login password (again) :

Do you want this user to be a Nessus 'admin' user ? (can upload plugins, etc...) (y/n) [n]: y

User rules

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nessusd has a rules system which allows you to restrict the hosts

that admin has the right to test. For instance, you may want

him to be able to scan his own host only.

Please see the nessus-adduser manual for the rules syntax

Enter the rules for this user, and enter a BLANK LINE once you are done :

(the user can have an empty rules set)

Login : admin

Password : ***********

This user will have 'admin' privileges within the Nessus server

Rules :

Login : admin

Is that ok ? (y/n) [y] y

User added

Then follow the next instruction, that was a registration session.

To register, visit http://www.nessus.org/register/ and you will see like the picture below

Then if you want to use it for personal, choose option Home and you will see an agreement page like the picture below

After you click agree, you will see a form which you must fill the form with your data.

After you fill the form, click register and you've finished the registration. your activation key will send to your email.

Open your email to get an activation key and after that use the command # /opt/nessus/bin/nessus-fetch -–register xxxx-xxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx ( Sesuaikan dengan activation code yang diberikan )