nikto.conf

Configuration File

Like any non-trivial program needs to know a few things about how to work with the current environment. For most situations the default configuration file will work. Sometimes, tuning may be required, or some things may need to be changes.

Nikto will look for a configuration file in three places and if it finds one, will apply it in the strict order, listed below (note that this is known to be problematic on Kali when using an installation from Github). A later found configuration file will overwrite any variables set in an earlier configuration file. The locations are:

• /etc/nikto.conf (this may be altered depending on platform)
• $HOME/nikto.conf
• nikto.conf

Format The configuration files are formated like a standard Unix configuration file: blank lines are ignored, any line starting with a # is ignored, variables are set with VariableName=Value line.

Variables See the main article Config Variables for all configuration variables.