I actually don't recommend running scans as root if you can get away with it. I use local accounts, can you SSH into the machine yourself? What happens when you run rpm -qa/dpkg -l if you can SSH into the box?
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Brian Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Question about account permissions.... > > > I'd like to use a local account for my scans instead of my personal LDAP > entry but I can't seem to get the scans to work when I do. If I use my > personal credentials (in LDAP with Public/Private key authentication) a > scan results in about 200 detections. If I do the same scan but use a > local account (useradd --create-home --uid=432 --gid=432 --groups=root > openvas) I get only 50 detections. I've confirmed the user/pass I provided > for the credential is correct (I was able to ssh to localhost > <openvas@localhost> and log in as openvas). So I'm thinking something > else is missing? As you can see, I've created the account as a member of > root's group. > > > Are there other groups it needs? > > > Is it not "seeing" the user because it's not in LDAP? I'd rather not put > the account in LDAP, is there a way to get OpenVAS to recognize a local > account? > > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss > -- http://volatile-minds.blogspot.com -- blog http://www.volatileminds.net -- website
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