Reset Nessus user password on Windows

Reset Nessus user password on Windows

To reset Nessus user password:

1. launch CMD
2. CD to Nessus installation directory (by default %systemdirve%\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus)
3. execute "nessus-chpasswd.ext [username]"

C:\Program Files\Tenable\Nessus>nessus-chpasswd.exe test
Authentication (pass/cert) : [pass]
Login password :
Login password (again) :
password changed for test

Source: http://www.securesenses.net/2012/04/reset-nessus-user-password-on-windows.html