Bug 81964

Summary:	/etc/init.d/nessus (2.0.12) failed to start in the first stime
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy (RETIRED) <pclouds>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Netmon project <netmon>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-14 01:19:12 UTC

Here is the error:
root@pclouds pclouds # /etc/init.d/nessusd start
 * Starting nessusd...
Couldn't find any prefs file... Creating a new one...
prefrences_new():open : No such file or directory
Error creating /etc/nessus/nessusd.conf                                   [ !! ]

mkdir /etc/nessus would solve this problem. I think the ebuild should create this directory automatically (in pkg_install or in /etc/init.d/nessus)

Comment 1 Marco Morales 2005-02-15 03:00:07 UTC

not reproducible here, using the same ebuild it do actually create the directory, did you notice any weird message or error during emerge?

Comment 2 Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-15 05:40:49 UTC

Well, i tried again and the problem disappeared :( So this is a false alarm. Sorry. Anyway i would suggest the init script check for existence of /etc/nessus in case users may occasionally remove it.