On 4/29/2013 11:14 PM, Randal T. Rioux wrote:
I'm writing because I don't know what permission level should the user on the SSH credentials have to be able to perform all needed tests on a linux target. Does it need to have root access or a "normal" user with no added permissions would be able to get all CPEs and perform the desired tests?root is the only user with permissions to access most of the checks
Depends on which checks you have activated, but having a quick look at the nasl files I'd say that most commands can be executed without root. There are some checks in there I don't know about due to lack of the OS or software to test it.
/var/lib/openvas/plugins# grep ssh_cmd *.nasl
smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
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