gvm-portnames-update points to the wrong db path

[pyron83]

Expected behavior

the script 'gvm-portnames-update' should update the gvm database with new port names from IANA website at "http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xml".
NB: i found a similar issue with title "gvm-portnames-update has a hardcoded old db name (tasks) #175" but is closed. I found that the problem is still present.

Current behavior

the script works, but it points to the wrong path
`root@debian-test:/usr/local/src/gse/openvas-scanner/build# /usr/local/sbin/gvm-portnames-update
Update port names data from a port names XML file.

Currently supports the official IANA Services Names list.
In order to update the DB, download the port names list and
provide its path as an argument to this script.
$ wget http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xml
$ openvas-portnames-update service-names-port-numbers.xml
$ rm service-names-port-numbers.xml
--2019-01-10 16:44:04-- http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xml
Length: unspecified [text/xml]
Saving to: ‘service-names-port-numbers.xml’

service-names-port-numbers.xml [ <=> ] 3.52M 541KB/s in 6.7s

2019-01-10 16:44:11 (541 KB/s) - ‘service-names-port-numbers.xml’ saved [3690073]

root@debian-test:/usr/local/src/gse/openvas-scanner/build# /usr/local/sbin/gvm-portnames-update service-names-port-numbers.xml
/usr/local/var/lib/openvas/gvmd/gvmd.db not found. Rebuild DB before updating port names.
`
but "/usr/local/var/lib/openvas/gvmd/gvmd.db "is the wrong path, the right path is "/usr/local/var/lib/gvm/gvmd/gvmd.db"

Steps to reproduce

see above

Environment

gsa: (gsad --version)
Greenbone Security Assistant 8.0+beta3
GIT revision 29acdd6-master

gvm: (gvmd --version)
Greenbone Vulnerability Manager 8.0+beta2
GIT revision 6e48194-master

openvas-scanner: (openvassd --version)
OpenVAS Scanner 6.0+beta3
GIT revision 6f209c9-master

gvm-libs:
gvm-libs 1.0+beta2 (2018-12-04)
Environment

Operating system:
Debian 9.6

Installation method / source: (packages, source installation)
git source installation

[danielpugh]

identical results for me using git clone from yesterday

[M1chael]

While waiting for the fix you can use workaround with symlink:

mkdir /usr/local/var/lib/openvas/gvmd/
ln -s /usr/local/var/lib/gvm/gvmd/gvmd.db /usr/local/var/lib/openvas/gvmd/gvmd.db
gvm-portnames-update service-names-port-numbers.xml
Updated 11514 entries.

[cfi-gb]

Note that this functionality is gone completely in master / 20.08 with #1041 (Rationale in #1041 (comment)), there might be no fixes for this done.

[cfi-gb]

GVM versions < 20.08 are already EOL since the end of 2020. Closing this as won't fix as the tool doesn't exist anymore in any supported version.