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Step 5: Running the first scan using your Linux OpenVAS client

Please use your client machine and open the OpenVAS Client using the following command:

OpenVAS-Client

We recommend using the Scan Assistant like shown in the pictures below. It will guide you step by step and will help you to understand the procedure. At the end, you need to connect to the OpenVAS server. Use the server hostname (or IP address) and the username and password you have created in step 3 using the openvas-adduser command.
Once you are connected to the server, you will receive all new plug-ins available and start the scan process on the selected target.
The system will need some time to discover security holes and will give you appropriate references to remove them. Please use the possibility to export the reports in different formats.

Step 6: Troubleshooting and additional help

Please use the following log files to discover problems. The tail command in a separate console will help you to keep an eye on your system:

tail –f /opt/openvas/var/log/openvas/openvasd.messages

tail –f /opt/openvas/var/log/openvas/openvasd.dump

The OpenVAS developers providing a mailing list you can use. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Openvas-discuss archives.
http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-discuss/

Read a complete OpenVAS Compendium here:

http://www.openvas.org/compendium/openvas-compendium.html

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