Changing password in OpenVAS command line

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I've been trying to find the right OAP command for changing the password for OpenVAS users.
It is possible to change it the Greenbone Security Assistent interface. But i can't find it for doing it through CLI.

-c, --command=<command>  OAP command (e.g. add_user, remove_user, list_users)

OAP command does allow to add or remove user but i can't find the command to edit user settings.

Best Answer

I don't believe you can change the password via command line. However the following script does so by changing the password hash directly in the users file.

Create a file containing the script in the following link and execute it: http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-discuss/2013-January/004879.html

Works fine on CentOS 6.

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Ldap – Changing LDAP password without using LdapAdmin

Just let the users change their passwords themselves, e. g. with the Self Service Password script from the LTB project.

If you're looking for a nice LDAP client I can recommend Apache Directory Studio.

Ssh – How to automate SSH login with password

Don't use a password. Generate a passphrase-less SSH key and push it to your VM.

If you already have an SSH key, you can skip this step… Just hit Enter for the key and both passphrases:

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

Copy your keys to the target server:

$ ssh-copy-id id@server
id@server's password:

Now try logging into the machine, with ssh 'id@server', and check-in:

.ssh/authorized_keys

Note: If you don't have .ssh dir and authorized_keys file, you need to create it first

to make sure we haven’t added extra keys that you weren’t expecting.

Finally, check to log in…

$ ssh id@server

id@server:~$

You may also want to look into using ssh-agent if you want to try keeping your keys protected with a passphrase.

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