> I have been having a strangely hard time finding solid answers online to a > pretty simple question: what is the proper way to fully update the NVTs in > an OpenVAS installation? That is, I'm running openvas-nvt-sync, but it > sounds like you're supposed to run openvasmd --update or openvasmd > --rebuild afterwards? (I also haven't been able to find good docs on what > the difference is between --update and --rebuild....)
Yes, openvas-nvt-sync is the way. I'm pretty sure you have to restart openvassd after that. And then --update or --rebuild. --update does not lock the manager database, whereas --rebuild does. This makes --update slower, but allows client access during the update. I think that at Greenbone we always use --rebuild anyway, because it does not affect clients for too long. -- Greenbone Networks GmbH Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrueck, Germany | AG Osnabrueck, HR B 202460 Executive Directors: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
