[ale] OpenVAS

[tcarter at entrusion.com (Tony Carter)]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Jim Butler
<jimbutler1234567890 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone..
> I have been trying to get a copy of OpenVAS going for the last week,
> with little more than headaches for results.
> First of all, OpenVAS comes bundled with BackTrack4 and it works well
> enough from there... The problem is, once I update the plugins (i.e.
> vulnerability definitions to scan for), after that the OpenVAS client
> can no longer connect to the OpenVAS server.
>
> I have tried clearing the slate and starting from scratch in a number of
> different ways. I tried installing a fresh copy of Debian SID and then
> followed the procedures for installing from package management using the
> scripted procedure on OpenVAS.org website. It go through the
> installation process and then go to sign on to greenbone security
> assistant's webpage, and it can't authenticate me using the credentials
> that I just created in the installation process.
> I have tried doing the same thing from Debian Lenny and with the same
> results. I have tried removing OpenVAS from BackTrack4 and then
> reinstalling the entire package to BackTrack4 as per the scripted
> installation process, and still I get the same results.
>
> Does anyone here use OpenVAS? Has anyone here had these problems? Has
> anyone found a workaround for these problems?? I really want to use
> OpenVAS. I don't have $1200.00 to pay for a 1 year Nessus license so I
> really need to get this to work. Any help, I would really appreciate.
>

Jim,
I know this is the obvious but did to restart the OpenVAS service
after updating the plugins?

What does  /var/log/openvas/openvassd.messages show?

-Tony