Thanks for your consideration. Without the report_changes option can I still get an alert if there is a diff in a file? Using a rule perhaps? If so, how do I go about seeing what the change was?
On Monday, November 26, 2012 7:44:23 AM UTC-6, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Sue <susan....@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > The ignores are just the defaults; I am under the impression that an > ignore > > doesn't stop the check, but only the reporting of the check. so I am > > guessing that wouldn't keep the files from being copied... > > > > <syscheck> > > <!-- Frequency that syscheck is executed - default to every 22 hours > --> > > <frequency>79200</frequency> > > > > <alert_new_files>yes</alert_new_files> > > > > <!-- Directories to check (perform all possible verifications) --> > > <directories report_changes="yes" realtime="yes" > > check_all="yes">/etc,/usr/bin,/usr/sbin</directories> > > <directories report_changes="yes" realtime="yes" > > check_all="yes">/bin,/sbin</directories> > > <directories report_changes="yes" realtime="yes" > > check_all="yes">/var/www,/home</directories> > > > > I think the report_changes option is what is causing this. > > > <!-- Files/directories to ignore --> > > <ignore>/etc/mtab</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/mnttab</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/hosts.deny</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/mail/statistics</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/random-seed</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/adjtime</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/httpd/logs</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/utmpx</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/wtmpx</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/cups/certs</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/dumpdates</ignore> > > <ignore>/etc/svc/volatile</ignore> > > > > <!-- Windows files to ignore --> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/System32/LogFiles</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/Debug</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/WindowsUpdate.log</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/iis6.log</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/wbem/Logs</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/wbem/Repository</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/Prefetch</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/PCHEALTH/HELPCTR/DataColl</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/SoftwareDistribution</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/Temp</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/config</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/spool</ignore> > > <ignore>C:\WINDOWS/system32/CatRoot</ignore> > > </syscheck> > > > >> > >> What's your syscheck configuration? >
