msfconsole and OpenVAS bridge fails to execute openvas_target_create command...

[George Birmingham <sec_engineer () roadrunner com>]

Greetings. I am attempting to use the OpenVAS bridge with Metasploit 
4.0.0.1-dev and thus far I have had limited success in performing my first
scan. OpenVAS-4 is installed and I can run a scan against my home 
router  through the Greenbone Security assistant web interface with no 
problems.
I have searched rather thoroughly for any notes on this problem before 
reaching out to the framework list for assistance.

I am running Ubuntu 10.04.1 in VMWare Player on a Windows 7 dual-core 
system. The network is bridged and has full internet access as well as 
local network
access to the intended target. I am running Metasploit Framework: 
4.0.1-dev.13502, Console:  4.0.1-dev.13581, and OpenVAS 4.  Metasploit 
and OpenVAS are running on the same Ubuntu system. Ubuntu has had the 
*/apt-get update/* and */apt-get upgrade/* commands executed often as I 
have been working on building out this system. The */msfupdate/* command 
has been executed multiple times as well.

I have enabled both PostgreSQL and MySQL database capabilities in 
Metasploit and with the commands I have used thus far, the successes and 
failures are identical no matter which database I am connected to. Both 
database systems seem to respond as expected to a db_nmap command, so I 
believe they are in working order.

msf>OpenVAS_connect and msf>openvas_disconnect commands work just fine 
with both the 'admin' user and a regular OpenVAS user (msfuser) that has 
either admin
or user privileges.

The command that I am having a problem with is:

*/msf>
msf>  openvas_target_create Router 192.168.20.1 Netgear
[-] Error executing
msf>
/ *
I even tried executing the example command:

msf>  openvas_target_create
[*] openvas_target_create<name> <hosts> <comment>

Example: openvas_target_create mylocalhost 127.0.0.1 MyLocalHostComment

and even that did not work.

Any thoughts as to why this would not work and where I could look for 
what might be causing the problem ? I'm glad to do the legwork so I can 
learn how
this works, but I am at a loss as to understand what the problem could 
be. This is a reasonably simple command. I have Wireshark available on 
this system if traces on the 'lo' interface would be of value.

I will greatly appreciate any help or guidance you would be willing to 
offer. Thanks for your time.

I sincerely apologize for sending this a second time. I realized that my 
first submission was sent from an e-mail account other than the one I 
registered for use. Also this is my first submission. If, by chance, I 
am violating any protocol of the group in this submission, I will gladly 
accept corrections to the procedure. I'd like to get this right and I 
earnestly need your help.

Warmest regards,

George Birmingham
Huntersville, NC, USA

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