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0006706Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2020-09-04 15:562020-12-14 13:51
Reportermjrarcher Assigned Tosbrun  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityrandom
Status resolvedResolutionunable to reproduce 
Product Version2020.3 
Summary0006706: Greenbone security assistant (gsad) fail to start
Description

Hello,
I've been able to successfully install gvm, run gvm-setup, gvm-check-setup, gvm-feed-update. After, when I try to start the services using gvm-start, gvmd.service and ospd-openvas.service start without issues, but gsad.service fails. However, when stopping the service with gvm-stop and retrying a few times, it works fine. It does not automatically open the browser saying there was an I/O error, but that can be manually opened. Another issue is with the gvm-cli command to run gmp commands. I keep getting a permission error when trying the simplest task like:
'gvm-cli socket --xml "<get_version/>". However, if I do sudo runuser -u _gvm -- gvm-cli ... it works fine. I thought 'sudo runuser -u _gvm' was supposed to be only for 'gvm-nvt-sync', which 'gvm-feed-update' does anyway. Is this how it is supposed to be?

Anyways, the 2 main bugs I wanted to report are the gsad.service failing randomly and the gvm-cli not working without having to use '_gvm' as user.

Steps To Reproduce

gvm-setup
gvm-check-setup
gvm-feed-update
gvm-start (1 service not running) -stopping and retrying it works.
gvm-cli socket ....(permission issue: error 13). Resolved by 'runuser -u _gvm'

Additional Information

Please see pictures.

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mjrarcher

mjrarcher

2020-09-04 15:56

reporter  

gsad.png (322,397 bytes)
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gvm-cli.png (135,058 bytes)   
gvm-cli.png (135,058 bytes)   
sbrun

sbrun

2020-09-11 06:53

manager   ~0013413

Thanks for your report.

gvm-cli not working without having to use '_gvm' as user: yes it's how it is supposed to be. In the /usr/share/doc/gvm/README.Debian we documented that all the gvm must be use with 'sudo -u _gvm' but we didn't mention clearly the gvm-cli command. I will add this information to help other users.

For the gsad.service failing randomly I need more information. The next time it fails, please check the log /var/log/gvm/gsad and the service status ('systemctl status greenbone-security-assistant') or journalctl.
mjrarcher

mjrarcher

2020-09-20 21:08

reporter   ~0013466

Hello,

thanks for your suggestion.
The issue has happened again, and I have included screenshots from the log and systemctl. Please see below.

gsad3.png (89,164 bytes)   
gsad3.png (89,164 bytes)   
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gsad4.png (110,402 bytes)   
sbrun

sbrun

2020-12-14 13:51

manager   ~0013979

I never reproduced this issue.
The logs are not useful: the message "Could not write PID file" is usually displayed once or twice before the greenbone-security-assistant.service creates the correct directory with correct rights.

We updated the package to version 20.8.*
Please reopen a new bug if you still face issues.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-09-04 15:56 mjrarcher New Issue
2020-09-04 15:56 mjrarcher File Added: gsad.png
2020-09-04 15:56 mjrarcher File Added: gsad2.png
2020-09-04 15:56 mjrarcher File Added: gvm-cli.png
2020-09-11 06:53 sbrun Assigned To => sbrun
2020-09-11 06:53 sbrun Status new => feedback
2020-09-11 06:53 sbrun Note Added: 0013413
2020-09-20 21:08 mjrarcher File Added: gsad3.png
2020-09-20 21:08 mjrarcher File Added: gsad4.png
2020-09-20 21:08 mjrarcher Note Added: 0013466
2020-09-20 21:08 mjrarcher Status feedback => assigned
2020-12-14 13:51 sbrun Status assigned => resolved
2020-12-14 13:51 sbrun Resolution open => unable to reproduce
2020-12-14 13:51 sbrun Note Added: 0013979