Question on root credentials for scanning

[Shobana Narayanaswamy <snaraya () opnet com>]

Hi:

I am a newbie to security and scanning. Here is my question:

Do you generally need root credentials in order for the scan to 
produce detailed results? When I run a scan without root credentials, 
it comes up very little info. However, when I supply
root credentials, I get several useful reports. It appears that the 
scanner detects the OS version and other s/w component versions only 
if it is provided root access.

Thanks


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