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title: "Creating a username and password to access OpenVAS"
url: https://securityorb.com/creating-a-username-and-password-to-access-openvas/
type: post
date: 2015-09-10
modified: 2015-09-10
markdown_url: https://securityorb.com/creating-a-username-and-password-to-access-openvas.md
author: "Kellep Charles"
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# Creating a username and password to access OpenVAS

### Creating a username and password to access OpenVAS

1. Open a terminal

2. Issue command → sudo openvasmd --create-user admin

3. Issue command → sudo openvasmd --user=admin --new-password=letmein

4. Issue command → sudo openvassd stop

5. Issue command → sudo openvasmd stop

6. Issue command → sudo gsad stop

7. Issue command → sudo openvassd

8. Issue command → sudo openvasmd

9. Issue command → sudo gsad

10. call up the URL on your browser Issue command → https://localhost:9392/

11. log-in using the new username and password you created