Hello OpenVAS community, I'm having a problem when trying to set a preference while creating a task. Here is my command:
omp --xml='<create_task><name>scan-1064</name><config id="708f25c4-7489-11df-8094-002264764cea"/><target id="19c80a22-7a24-4b35-a4ec-b23490230db2"/><preferences><preference><scanner_name>Ping Host[checkbox]:Mark unrechable Hosts as dead (not scanning)</scanner_name><value>no</value></preference></preferences></create_task>' Here is the response I receive: <create_task_response id="b6cef6fd-b7b3-4c01-bc0d-54e3e7d114b9" status_text="OK, resource created" status="201"></create_task_response> If I look in the database using sqlite3, I can see that the most recent entry in task_preferences matches my request. However, when I actually start the task, the scan does not honor my preference, and instead uses the default value for the config. I know this because I have a particular host that does not respond to pings, and the scan quits immediately unless this preference is set to "no". If I change the config itself, the behaviour is correct - but I'd like to be able to use the preference override in the create_task command, rather than having to set up an entirely new config each time I want to change something. Is there something I'm understanding incorrectly? Is there a different value I need to be using in <scanner_name>? Or is it possible there is a bug that is causing OpenVAS to ignore this preference? Thanks! Jake Hoffer Lithik Systems, Inc.
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