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OpenVAS-ADDUSER
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NAME
openvas-adduser - add a user in the openvassd userbase
SYNOPSIS
openvas-adduser
DESCRIPTION
The
OpenVAS Security Scanner
comes with its own user base which contains the list of who can
use the services of
openvassd,
and what restriction (or
rules)
each user has.
openvas-adduser
is a simple program which will add a user to the
openvassd
userbase.
The program is straightforward and asks for the following items:
- • Login
-
the login name of the
openvassd
user to add
- • Password
-
the password that the user will use to connect to
openvassd
- • Rules
-
the set of rules to apply to the user. See below.
RULES
Each user has his own set of rules. Rules are here to restrict
the rights of the users. For instance, you can add user ``joe'' so
that he can only test the host ``192.168.1.1'', whereas you can
add user ``bob'' so that he can test whatever IP address he wishes.
Each rule fits on one line. A user can have an unlimited amount of
rules (and can even have no rule at all).
The syntax is:
-
accept|deny ip/mask
and
-
default accept|deny
Where
mask
is the CIDR netmask of the rule.
The
default
statement must be the last rule and defines the policy of the user.
The following rule set will allow the user to test 192.168.1.0/24,
192.168.3.0/24 and 172.22.0.0/16, but nothing else:
-
accept 192.168.1.0/24
accept 192.168.3.0/24
accept 172.22.0.0/16
default deny
The following rule set will allow the user to test whatever he wants,
except the network 192.168.1.0/24:
-
deny 192.168.1.0/24
default accept
The keyword
client_ip
has been defined, and is replaced at run time by the IP address
of the
openvassd
user. For instance, if you want your users to be able
to only be able to scan the system they come from, then you want
them to have the following ruleset:
-
accept client_ip
default deny
SEE ALSO
openvas-rmuser(8), openvassd(8)
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OpenVAS PROJECT
The canonical places where you will find more information
about the OpenVAS project are:
-
http://www.openvas.org/
(Official site)
AUTHOR
openvas-adduser
was quickly written by Renaud Deraison <deraison@cvs.nessus.org>
BUGS
openvas-adduser
creates temporary files in
$TMPDIR/.
If this variable is not
set, then it will use
/var/tmp
which may be a security risk
depending of your configuration.
If you set your TMPDIR variable to
/tmp,
then you are in trouble.
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- RULES
-
- SEE ALSO
-
- MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OpenVAS PROJECT
-
- AUTHOR
-
- BUGS
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