Cant start openvas

Getting Started
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I am trying to install openvas on ubuntu. I keep getting this error when try to start openvas

(openvas:763522): sd   main-WARNING **: 17:48:16.245: init_logging: Can not open or create log file or directory. Please check permissions of log files listed in /etc/openvas/openvas_log.conf.

I have tried running with sudo (when run with sudo nothing happens, no output, nothing) and change permissions but that didnt do anything, any help?

2

Hi,

what’s your installation method? via packages? source build?

Could you check the content of /etc/openvas/openvas_log.conf and the path to the files listed in the config?

3

I did a source build, the path the to files in the log file is /var/log/gvm/openvas.log

4

Does /var/log/gvm exist? What are the permissions of /var/log/gvm (just check with ls -la /var/log/gvm)?