Thanks Thijs! I verified the file, and the Priavtetmp paramater isn't set:
# cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/redis.service [Unit] Description=Redis persistent key-value database After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis.conf --daemonize no ExecStop=/usr/bin/redis-shutdown User=redis Group=redis [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Not sure still why I'm receiving that error or what I can do to run the scans again:( Regards, Harsh On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Thijs Stuurman < thijs.stuur...@internedservices.nl> wrote: > Since it follows redhat, I guess it applies to CentOS as well: > https://access.redhat.com/blogs/766093/posts/1976243 > > It should be in the init script for the service, not the redis.conf itself. > > > > On my system: > > > > root@ivss:/# ls -l /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/redis- > server.service > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 May 9 18:51 /etc/systemd/system/multi- > user.target.wants/redis-server.service -> /lib/systemd/system/redis- > server.service > > root@ivss:/# cat /lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service |grep PrivateTmp > > PrivateTmp=yes > > root@ivss:/# > > > > Thijs Stuurman > > Security Operations Center | KPN Internedservices > > thijs.stuur...@internedservices.nl | thijs.stuur...@kpn.com > > T: +31(0)299476185 | M: +31(0)624366778 > > PGP Key-ID: 0x16ADC048 (https://pgp.surfnet.nl/) > > Fingerprint: 2EDB 9B42 D6E8 7D4B 6E02 8BE5 6D46 8007 16AD C048 > > > > W: https://www.internedservices.nl | L: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/ > thijsstuurman > > > > *Van:* Harsh kapadia [mailto:harsh9...@gmail.com] > *Verzonden:* vrijdag 23 juni 2017 14:56 > *Aan:* Thijs Stuurman <thijs.stuur...@internedservices.nl> > *CC:* Christian Fischer <christian.fisc...@greenbone.net>; > openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org > > *Onderwerp:* Re: [Openvas-discuss] Scans not executing > > > > Christian, > > > > Will the same apply to CentOS as well. Where can i check the redis > parameter of PtivateTmp? Is it the /etc/redis.conf file? > > > > Thanks! > > Harsh > > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Thijs Stuurman <Thijs.Stuurman@ > internedservices.nl> wrote: > > Christian, > > Ah so that is what is going on.. sneaky! I created the openvassd.conf and > it works, thanks! > > > Thijs Stuurman > Security Operations Center | KPN Internedservices > thijs.stuur...@internedservices.nl | thijs.stuur...@kpn.com > T: +31(0)299476185 | M: +31(0)624366778 > PGP Key-ID: 0x16ADC048 (https://pgp.surfnet.nl/) > Fingerprint: 2EDB 9B42 D6E8 7D4B 6E02 8BE5 6D46 8007 16AD C048 > > W: https://www.internedservices.nl | L: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/ > thijsstuurman > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Openvas-discuss [mailto:openvas-discuss-boun...@wald.intevation.org] > Namens Christian Fischer > Verzonden: vrijdag 23 juni 2017 14:36 > Aan: openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org > Onderwerp: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Scans not executing > > Hi, > > On 23.06.2017 14:28, Thijs Stuurman wrote: > > First check where your redis.sock actually is located; if it exists at > all.. look at your redis configuration file for the path. > > Then look at where openvas expects it to be.. it should show in the > logging. > > > > I run openvas9 on Ubuntu 16.04 and openvas somehow expects it to be in > /tmp/ but for some (probably good) reason redis refuses or cannot make it > in /tmp. > > Haven’t bothered to figure out why, set it back to default > > /var/run/redis/redis.sock and made a symlink in /tmp to it because I > > had to get it working ;p (ln -s /var/run/redis/redis.sock > > /tmp/redis.sock) .. I should recompile openvas to fix the path I > > guess.. someday.. after my vacation ;p > > /tmp won't work because Debian/Ubuntu is using a "PrivateTmp=true" in its > redis systemd script which causes the redis.sock to end up somewhere in: > > /tmp/systemd-private-xyz* > > However you don't need to recompile OpenVAS to change the location where > it is expecting the redis.sock. Just adding the following to your > openvassd.conf (create one in your /path/to/etc/openvas if it doesn't > exist): > > kb_location = /var/run/redis/redis.sock > > > Thijs Stuurman > > Security Operations Center | KPN Internedservices > > thijs.stuur...@internedservices.nl<mailto:thijs.stuurman@internedservi > > ces.nl> | thijs.stuur...@kpn.com<mailto:thijs.stuur...@kpn.com> > > T: +31(0)299476185 | M: +31(0)624366778 PGP Key-ID: 0x16ADC048 > > (https://pgp.surfnet.nl/) > > Fingerprint: 2EDB 9B42 D6E8 7D4B 6E02 8BE5 6D46 8007 16AD C048 > > > > W: https://www.internedservices.nl<https://www.internedservices.nl/> | > > L: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/thijsstuurman > > > > Van: Openvas-discuss > > [mailto:openvas-discuss-boun...@wald.intevation.org] Namens Harsh > > kapadia > > Verzonden: vrijdag 23 juni 2017 14:25 > > Aan: Eero Volotinen <eero.voloti...@iki.fi> > > CC: openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org > > Onderwerp: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Scans not executing > > > > Thanks for responding! > > > > Should I move the socket file from /tmp to /run/redis and also modify > the kb_location path accordingly? > > > > I'm new to openvas and not really sure what needs to be done. > > > > Harsh > > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Eero Volotinen <eero.voloti...@iki.fi > <mailto:eero.voloti...@iki.fi>> wrote: > > sounds like connection to redis it not working. > > > > Eero > > > > 23.6.2017 3.15 ip. "Harsh kapadia" <harsh9...@gmail.com<mailto:ha > rsh9...@gmail.com>> kirjoitti: > > Hi, > > > > Please see the attached output from openvas-check-setup.log file. > Everything seems OK but still the scans do not execute: > > > > I do still see the below errors in openvassd.dump file. > > (openvassd:23236): lib kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis > > connection error: No such file or directory > > > > (openvassd:23236): lib kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis > > connection error: No such file or directory > > > > (openvassd:23236): lib kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis > > connection error: No such file or directory > > > > (openvassd:23236): lib kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis > > connection error: No such file or directory > > > > (openvassd:22085): lib kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis > > connection error: No such file or directory > > > > (openvassd:22085): lib kb_redis-CRITICAL **: get_redis_ctx: redis > > connection error: No such file or directory > > > > Kindly suggest. SELinux is turned off so it shouldn't be a problem to > use the socket for redis from /tmp directory. > > > > Thanks! > > Regards, > > -- > > Christian Fischer | PGP Key: 0x54F3CE5B76C597AD Greenbone Networks GmbH | > http://greenbone.net Neumarkt 12, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany | AG > Osnabrück, HR B 202460 > Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > Openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > Openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss > > >
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