1openvasmd(8)                System Manager's Manual               openvasmd(8)
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NAME

6       openvasmd  - Manager daemon of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System
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SYNOPSIS

10       openvasmd OPTIONS
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DESCRIPTION

13       OpenVAS Scanner, openvassd(8), acts as a service and offers a  communi‐
14       cation  protocol for its clients called OTP. The core task of the Open‐
15       VAS Scanner is the actual scan process.
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17       The OpenVAS Manager is a OTP client and adds various  management  func‐
18       tionalities  to  handle and organise scan results. Thus OpenVAS Manager
19       acts as a layer between the OpenVAS Scanner and its  own  clients  (for
20       example  omp(8),  gsad(8) or gsd(8)) which connect via the OMP protocol
21       to the OpenVAS Manager.
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23       A related service is OpenVAS Administrator,  openvasad(8)  which  among
24       other tasks also manages user accounts for OpenVAS.
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OPTIONS

27       -a, --listen=ADDRESS
28              Listen on ADDRESS.
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30       --create-user=USERNAME
31              Create admin user USERNAME and exit.
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33       --role=ROLE
34              Role for --create-user option.
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36       --delete-user=USERNAME
37              Delete user USERNAME and exit.
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39       --get-users
40              List users and exit.
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42       --create-scanner=NAME
43              Create scanner NAME and exit.
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45       --scanner-host=HOST
46              Scanner  host  for  --create-scanner,  --rebuild  and  --update.
47              Default is 127.0.0.1.
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49       --scanner-port=PORT
50              Scanner  port  for  --create-scanner,  --rebuild  and  --update.
51              Default is 9391.
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53       --scanner-type=TYPE
54              Type  for --create-scanner option. Could be "OpenVAS Scanner" or
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57       --scanner-ca-pub=CAPUB
58              Scanner CA public key path for --create-scanner.
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60       --scanner-key-pub=KEYPUB
61              Scanner public key path for --create-scanner.
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63       --scanner-key-priv=KEYPRIV
64              Scanner private key path for --create-scanner.
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66       --delete-scanner=UUID
67              Delete scanner with UUID and exit.
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69       --get-scanners
70              List scanners and exit.
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72       --gnutls-priorities=PRIORITY
73              Set the GnuTLS priority string to PRIORITY.
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75       --dh-params=FILE
76              Path to file  containing  Diffie-Hellman  parameters  which  are
77              needed  for  DHE-RSA. This file could be generated using openssl
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80       --max-email-attachment-size=SIZE
81              Maximum number of bytes permitted in alert email attachments.
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83              0 to use the default, negative to allow any size.
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85       --max-email-include-size=SIZE
86              Maximum number of bytes permitted in reports  inlined  in  alert
87              email attachments.
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89              0 to use the default, negative to allow any size.
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91       --max-ips-per-target=SIZE
92              Maximum number of IPs per target.
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94       -u, --update
95              Updates  the  database  with  information from a running scanner
96              (openvassd) and exits.
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98       -p, --port=NUMBER
99              Listen on port number NUMBER.
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101       --rebuild
102              Rebuild the database with information  from  a  running  scanner
103              (openvassd) and exits.
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105       --version
106              Print version.
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108       -v, --verbose
109              Print progress messages.
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111       -?, --help
112              Show help.
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SIGNALS

115       SIGHUP  causes  openvasmd to rebuild the database with information from
116       the Scanner (openvassd).
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EXAMPLES

119       openvasmd --port 1241
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121       Serve OMP clients on port 1241 and connect to a OTP server on 7772.
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SEE ALSO

124       openvassd(8), openvasad(8), gsad(8), omp(8), gsd(8)
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPENVAS PROJECT

127       The canonical places where you will find  more  information  about  the
128       OpenVAS    project   are:   http://www.openvas.org/   (Official   site)
129       http://wald.intevation.org/projects/openvas/ (Development Platform)
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132       The OpenVAS Manager is released under the GNU GPL, version  2,  or,  at
133       your option, any later version.
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