Uninstall a Nessus Agent on Mac OS X
Before you begin:
- Unlink the agent from the manager.
To uninstall Nessus Agent on Mac OS X:
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Remove the Nessus directories. Using Finder, locate and delete the following items.
/Library/NessusAgent
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tenablesecurity.nessusagent.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes/Nessus Agent Preferences.prefPane
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Disable the Nessus Agent service:
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From a command prompt, type the following command:
$ sudo launchctl remove com.tenablesecurity.nessusagent
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If prompted, provide the administrator password.
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What to do next:
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If you plan on reinstalling the Nessus Agent on the system, see the knowledge base article on how to avoid linking errors.