Hello everyone, i hope this issue has not been written before. i want to create a target via gvm-cli. To do so i created a port list, but now i am facing some xml syntax problems. gvm-cli socket --socketpath /opt/gvm/var/run/gvmd.sock --xml "<create_target><name>Suspect Host</name><hosts>"a.b.c.…

You might want to get a regular understanding of bash, command line usage, etc. first? If you want to pass an xml string within double quotes "", your string will end if you use double quotes again. You will probably find out, where your string ends and thus why it will result in an invalid string? …

Gvm-cli create a target

Building from Source and Advanced Topics Greenbone Management Protocol (GMP)

YannickNoah September 8, 2020, 12:33pm 4

Thank you! i really didnt think about the quotes!
Now it works.

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Invalid XML when creating target