Failed to create user: Invalid characters in user name (CU-8ghxga) about gvm-docker

[pixelsquared]

Do you have the username variable set to anything?

[any2names]

I got the same error

2020-06-22 15:28:09.612 UTC [43] LOG: stats_timestamp 2020-06-22 15:28:09.636039+00 is later than collector's time 2020-06-22 15:28:09.612155+00 for database 13425
Updating CERT data...
Updating SCAP data...
Starting Open Scanner Protocol daemon for OpenVAS...
Starting Greenbone Vulnerability Manager...
2020-06-22 15:34:25.158 UTC [560] ERROR: relation "public.meta" does not exist at character 19
2020-06-22 15:34:25.158 UTC [560] STATEMENT: SELECT value FROM public.meta WHERE name = 'database_version';
Creating Greenbone Vulnerability Manager admin user
Failed to create user: Invalid characters in user name

[any2names]

More detail

Starting Greenbone Vulnerability Manager...
2020-06-22 15:44:43.026 UTC [556] ERROR: relation "public.meta" does not exist at character 19
2020-06-22 15:44:43.026 UTC [556] STATEMENT: SELECT value FROM public.meta WHERE name = 'database_version';
2020-06-22 15:44:47.534 UTC [609] ERROR: relation "cves" does not exist at character 385
2020-06-22 15:44:47.534 UTC [609] STATEMENT: CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW vulns AS SELECT id, uuid, name, creation_time, modification_time, cast (cvss_base AS double precision) AS severity, qod, 'nvt' AS type FROM nvts WHERE uuid IN (SELECT nvt FROM results WHERE (results.severity != -3.0)) UNION SELECT id, uuid, name, creation_time, modification_time, cvss AS severity, 75 AS qod, 'cve' AS type FROM cves WHERE uuid IN (SELECT nvt FROM results WHERE (results.severity != -3.0)) UNION SELECT id, uuid, name, creation_time, modification_time, max_cvss AS severity, 75 AS qod, 'ovaldef' AS type FROM ovaldefs WHERE uuid IN (SELECT nvt FROM results WHERE (results.severity != -3.0))
Creating Greenbone Vulnerability Manager admin user
Failed to create user: Invalid characters in user name

[antoninoferrara]

The problem seems to be the double quotes for ${USERNAME} and ${PASSWORD},
in scripts/start.sh line 227
su -c 'gvmd --role="Super Admin" --create-user="${USERNAME}" --password="${PASSWORD}"' gvm

Best regards
Thanks

[aderumier]

introduced in last commit from master

fc03447

[pixelsquared]

Ok the newest commit to master should fix this issue.

bd77805

[iamklaus]

Adding "USERNAME" to env worked. Using without like in the installation guide described does not work. Many thanks for the fix.

[austinsonger]

Closing