On Freitag, 10. Mai 2013, Jason Loveday wrote: > I have installed OpenVAS as part of the Kali linux distro (don't worry, I'm > repeating this question over there). When I go through the configuration, > all appears fine. Running openvas-check-setup suggests the only thing > missing is the processes aren't running. So off I go to start the > processes: > > openvassd - starts without issue > > openvasmd - doesn't start and no message on screen. Checking the log I see > 'pidfile_create': failed to open pidfile: No such file or directory. > > gsad - same issue as openvasmd, and same error in the logs. > > Please help! Tearing my hair out here! :)
well, something prevents writing the PID file. This usually is a problem of user privileges or missing directory. PID files are usually placed in /var/run -- Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | ++49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/ Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR B 202460 Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
