I can't connect to my localhost using Nessus. Why?

[RonB123123]

I can't connect to my localhost using Nessus. Why?

I can go to websites and my internet is working fine. I tried turning off Firestarter and trying to connect again with Nessus, but I keep getting the same error.


Could not open a connection to localhost


Can anyone help?

[ricrac]

Are you running nessusd?

[RonB123123]

I installed Nessus, and then just went to Applications > Internet > Nessus and then ran the program. I don't think I got Nessusd, but I could be wrong. I downloaded another Nessus related application in order to create a username, which worked perfectly.

But when I run Nessus, it opens up a Window, and the first thing I need to do is connect to my localhost, which gives me an error when I click on Connect.

[ricrac]

It's a client server app, localhost is the default because many people use both on the same machine. The server nessusd can be on any machine, the client is the source of testing.

Check synaptic, you need nessus, nessusd and nessus-plugins installed.

[Seti]

Nope, still can't connect.
even after making a user...


nessus-adduser

and following the steps.

???

[ohioboy757]

Is nessusd running?

Try this in a terminal window:

ps aux | grep nessusd

This will let us know if the daemon is running.

[mirceade]

For Christ sake. Just start the daemon: sudo /etc/init.d/nessusd start