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authorKent Fritz <fritz.kent@gmail.com>2015-03-12 22:01:40 +0700
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2015-03-12 22:01:40 +0700
commit9f094957fa4f72980a145c9127502e87140a1b9b (patch)
tree7821dbbbad8a84e81bab115e04fee2db5683f67e /network/greenbone-security-assistant/README
parentc62fa692d891273e4bc4480eb49a7f3b77d726dd (diff)
network/greenbone-security-assistant: Updated for version 5.0.6.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/network/greenbone-security-assistant/README b/network/greenbone-security-assistant/README
index 64548f852a10..3681cc3a2148 100644
--- a/network/greenbone-security-assistant/README
+++ b/network/greenbone-security-assistant/README
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ This is the UI the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS).
- There are a number of tests that depend on other software packages that are
not available as slackbuilds at this time. Stay tuned.
+- If you're running in a VM environment, or on a headless server, then
+ installing haveged is recommended, particularly for step 9 below.
+
###### Installation Instructions ######
These instructions assume you're familiar with slackbuilds. If not, please
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ refer to http://slackbuilds.org/howto/ .
# openvas-nvt-sync
5. Start the openvas-scanner daemon.
-# /etc/rc.d/rc.openvassd start
+# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.openvassd start
6. Build and install openvas-manager.
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ refer to http://slackbuilds.org/howto/ .
8. Initialize the manager database. This will take a while, so be patient.
# openvasmd --rebuild
-9. [Optional] If you want encrypted credentials in the DB, do this now.
+9. You want encrypted credentials in the DB, so do this now.
# openvasmd --create-credentials-encryption-key
This may take a while, so it's best to create some entropy by skipping to
#11-#13 and then coming back, if needed.
@@ -76,14 +79,14 @@ refer to http://slackbuilds.org/howto/ .
# rm service-names-port-numbers.xml
14. Start the openvas-manager daemon.
-# /etc/rc.d/rc.openvasmd start
+# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.openvasmd start
15. Build and install libmicrohttpd.
16. Build and install greenbone-security-assistant.
17. Launch the greenbone-security-assistant.
-# /etc/rc.d/rc.gsad start
+# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.gsad start
18. Point your browser at https://<YOUR IP OR HOSTNAME>:9392
You'll get a certificate error, of course (fixing this is left as an