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Now, you will have the latest plugins available. Each time you wish to update your plugins while not having Internet
access, you must go to the provided URL, obtain the tar/gz file, copy it to the system running Nessus, and repeat the
process above.
Using and Managing Nessus from the Command Line
Nessus Major Directories
The following table lists the installation location and primary directories used by Nessus on *nix/Linux:
Red Hat, SuSE, Debian,
Ubuntu:
/opt/nessus
./var/nessus/users/<username>/kbs/
User knowledgebase saved on disk
FreeBSD:
/usr/local/nessus
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run
The following table lists the installation location and primary directories used by Nessus on Windows:
\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus
\nessus\users\<username>\kbs
User knowledgebase saved on disk
Create and Manage Nessus Users with Account Limitations
A single Nessus scanner can support a complex arrangement of multiple users. For example, an organization may need
multiple personnel to have access to the same Nessus scanner but have the ability to scan different IP ranges, allowing
only some personnel access to restricted IP ranges.
Note that the following is only available for Nessus, not Nessus Enterprise.
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