On Friday 20 November 2009 10:21:35 Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: > On Donnerstag, 19. November 2009, Thomas Reinke wrote: > > The way the toolcheck nasl runs, if the "Perform tool > > check" preference is set to no, none of the Tools/* > > keys will be set, having the effect of disabling > > scripts relying on these tools. I'm not convinced > > that this is correct behaviour. > > > > I believe (although I might be mistaken) that > > toolcheck is an advisory report, by default enabled, > > to let one know that there are additional tools > > that one could install to improve scanner functionality. > > I don't think it was intended as a setting to turn off > > all supplementary tools. > > What exactly is the harm done by toolcheck and mandatory_keys?
No harm done, if toolchecks "Perform Toolcheck" preference is set to "yes". If "Perform Toolcheck" is set to "no", no nvts will be launched that require external tools checked by toolchek + mandatory keys. -- felix -- Felix Wolfsteller | ++49 541 335083-783 | http://www.intevation.de/ PGP Key: 39DE0100 Intevation GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR B 18998 Geschäftsführer: Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner _______________________________________________ Openvas-devel mailing list Openvas-devel@wald.intevation.org http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-devel
