I'm quite keen to do that and my scripts have almost all been modified.
However, I would I know this worked? Do I count the plugin lines in the
rc file before and after running? Do I delete all the plugin lines in
the rc file before running and see if anything at all is run?

Alas, I am ignorant of the OpenVAS internals and sorely pressed for time
on the overall project of which this is just a part (hence can't take
much time right now to learn the internals).  I'll gladly share the
results once I know how to test.  Thanks - John

On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 11:07 +0100, Felix Wolfsteller wrote:
> "auto_enable_new_plugins" will switch new plugins on or off. In order to 
> _get_ 
> new plugins (wich, afaik are always added to the rc) you have to reconnect. 
> As with the cron-job and the CLI you are freshly connecting each time you 
> start a scan, that should be ensured.
> But I am not 100% sure that the "auto_enable_new_plugins" comes into effect 
> when using the CLI.
> Would be nice if you report that (or if) it works.
> 
> --felix
> 
> On Friday 20 March 2009 10:51:23 John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > That would be fabulous and so much simpler.  So the plugins do not need
> > to be listed in the rc file first? I was ignorantly assuming that would
> > merely change the status from no to yes but then those wouldn't be new
> > plugins, would they! Thanks - John
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 09:27 +0530, Chandrashekhar B wrote:
> > > Hello John,
> > >
> > > I think, adding "auto_enable_new_plugins = yes" should do the job in the
> > > rc file.
> > >
> > > Chandra.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John A.
> > > Sullivan III
> > > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:36 AM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: [Openvas-discuss] updaterc script?
> > >
> > > Hello, all.  We are delighted that, after tracking down a pile of
> > > dependencies, our CentOS 5.2 based automated vulnerability scanning
> > > server is running on OpenVAS.  However, it is automated and runs scans
> > > from cron jobs calling OpenVAS-Client in batch mode.  Thus, updating the
> > > rc files with the latest plugins is a problem.
> > >
> > > Is there an OpenVAS equivalent of the various update-nessusrc scripts we
> > > used to use under Nessus? Thanks - John
> 
> 
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