Openvassd can't find /var/run/openvassd.sock

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This might not be the right place to get help with Openvas 9 issues, if it is please put it in the right place or let me know

This is on the latest VM image of Kali Linux, which is Debian based.

The scanner hung while scanning a number of machines. Haven’t been able to get it back.

mv /var/cache/openvas /etc/cache/openvas-bak
apt-get remove openvas
apt-get install openvas

edit serive and conf files to change /var/run to /run as /var/run doesn’t exist
ln -s /run /var/run
or the other way around - I never remember the right choice given only 2 options or remember the wrong one

apt-get update

reloaded daemons

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fixed with

redis-cli -s /run/redis-openvas/redis-server.sock flushall

which was from another forum, but not obviously in any of the manuals

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Just tell the package maintainers, do not run a persistent redis on disk and use ram only :wink: This is a pure packaging error and not a GVM issue.

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thanks!
I’m sure I’ll work out that means eventually.
Who are the package maintainers?

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The person at Kali that takes our source code and integrate it into the Kali Distribution. Details can be found at the Kali website.

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