358  nikto - configuration reference

359 nikto — configuration reference

Configuration surfaces for nikto (safety class: safe; category: c-02-vulnerability-analysis) — detected from the upstream documentation at generation time (5 config-surface markers). The invocation reference stays on the main tool page.

359.1 Configuration files

Path	Context
nikto.conf	king (connects to ipv6.google.com or value set in nikto.conf) -Cgidirs+ Scan these CGI dirs: “none”, “a

359.2 Environment variables

Variable	Upstream context
DB_TYPE	) Note: sqld format requires DB_TYPE, DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_NAME in nikto.conf
DB_HOST	Note: sqld format requires DB_TYPE, DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_NAME in nikto.conf
DB_NAME	Note: sqld format requires DB_TYPE, DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_NAME in nikto.conf and NIKT

Names extracted heuristically from upstream docs — verify each against the tool’s own docs before use.

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ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14