nessus config problem

AN andy at neu.net
Wed Aug 20 16:59:32 UTC 2008


I installed nessus and am having a problem loading the plugins.
nessus -v
nessus (Nessus) 2.2.9 for FreeBSD

(C) 1998 - 2006 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
 	SSL used for client - server communication

I registered and updated the plugins with the script.  I have the 
following in /etc/rc.conf:
nessusd_enable="YES"
nessusd_flags=-D

During boot up I see the plugins being loaded, however in the plugins tab 
in the program nothing shows in the window.  I see the following in

cat /usr/local/var/nessus/logs/nessusd.messages
[Wed Aug 20 18:44:29 2008][8516] nessusd 2.2.9. started
[Wed Aug 20 18:45:20 2008][8516] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:45:27 2008][8607] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 18:45:27 2008][8607] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:53:22 2008][8516] received the INT signal
[Wed Aug 20 18:54:46 2008][8888] nessusd 2.2.9. started
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:06 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:06 2008][8915] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:06 2008][8915] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:10 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:10 2008][8918] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:10 2008][8918] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:14 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:14 2008][8920] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:14 2008][8920] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:28 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:28 2008][8928] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 18:55:29 2008][8928] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:03:38 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:03:38 2008][9179] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 19:03:38 2008][9179] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:04:22 2008][8888] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:04:22 2008][9201] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 19:04:22 2008][9201] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:19:32 2008][8888] received the TERM signal
[Wed Aug 20 19:21:25 2008][618] nessusd 2.2.9. started
[Wed Aug 20 19:25:30 2008][618] received the TERM signal
[Wed Aug 20 19:27:35 2008][616] nessusd 2.2.9. started
[Wed Aug 20 19:29:20 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:29:20 2008][1040] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 19:29:20 2008][1040] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:31:35 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:31:35 2008][1110] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 19:31:35 2008][1110] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:32:09 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:32:09 2008][1127] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 19:32:09 2008][1127] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:32:20 2008][616] connection from 127.0.0.1
[Wed Aug 20 19:32:20 2008][1134] Client requested protocol version 12.
[Wed Aug 20 19:32:20 2008][1134] bad login attempt from 127.0.0.1

When I try to run a scan I get a dialog box that says "nessusd returned an 
empty report."

I also installed the certificates sucessfully.  I'm not sure what to try 
now, any help is appreciated.

TIA


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