OpenVAS Compendium -- Creating users for local security checks without the OpenVAS LSC Credentials Manager

Create users for local security checks on target sytems

Create users with the OpenVAS LSC Credentials Manager

Creating users for local security checks without the OpenVAS LSC Credentials Manager

Creating users for local security checks without the OpenVAS LSC Credentials Manager

First, you need a key with certificate:

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_sshovas -C
"OpenVAS-Local-Security-Checks-Key"
$ openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -v2 des3 -in ~/.ssh/id_rsa_sshovas -out sshovas_rsa.p8

Note: The comment (here: "OpenVAS-Local-Security-Checks-Key") must not contain spaces. Currently, you need a rsa pkcs8 key for OpenVAS local security checks.

Creating users for local security checks without the OpenVAS LSC Credentials Manager