On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Jared <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ahh, yes.. the ossec:ossec was an entirely undesirable diversion from my
> day... Here is what I found on the test server(Brand new AlienVault USM
> server with OSSEC 2.7)
>
> No Agent.conf
> OSSIM02:~# ls -ls /var/ossec/etc/shared/
> total 168
>  4 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec    77 Aug 15 06:25 ar.conf
>
> 12 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  9501 Nov  9  2012 cis_debian_linux_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  8192 Nov  9  2012 cis_rhel5_linux_rcl.txt
> 16 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec 14251 Nov  9  2012 cis_rhel_linux_rcl.txt
> 76 -rw-r--r-- 1 ossecr ossec 70275 Aug 15 06:25 merged.mg
>
> 16 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec 14872 Nov  9  2012 rootkit_files.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  5193 Nov  9  2012 rootkit_trojans.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  4457 Nov  9  2012 system_audit_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  4682 Nov  9  2012 win_applications_rcl.txt
>  4 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  3859 Nov  9  2012 win_audit_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  4929 Nov  9  2012 win_malware_rcl.txt
> Create Agent.conf through the cmd line with vi by copy and paste
> OSSIM02:~# vi /var/ossec/etc/shared/agent.conf
> You have new mail in /var/mail/root
> OSSIM02:~# ls -ls /var/ossec/etc/shared/
> total 180
> 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  10181 Aug 15 18:07 agent.conf = root:root
> permissions
>  4 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec    77 Aug 15 06:25 ar.conf
>
> 12 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  9501 Nov  9  2012 cis_debian_linux_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  8192 Nov  9  2012 cis_rhel5_linux_rcl.txt
> 16 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec 14251 Nov  9  2012 cis_rhel_linux_rcl.txt
> 76 -rw-r--r-- 1 ossecr ossec 70275 Aug 15 06:25 merged.mg
>
> 16 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec 14872 Nov  9  2012 rootkit_files.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  5193 Nov  9  2012 rootkit_trojans.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  4457 Nov  9  2012 system_audit_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  4682 Nov  9  2012 win_applications_rcl.txt
>  4 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  3859 Nov  9  2012 win_audit_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root   ossec  4929 Nov  9  2012 win_malware_rcl.txt
>
> Next, went into the GUI in AlienVault and modified the file, select update,
> then restarted OSSEC
> OSSIM02:~# ls -ls /var/ossec/etc/shared/
> total 192
>  4 -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data root    958 Aug 15 18:08 agent.conf = www-data now
> owns agent.conf
> 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root     root  10181 Aug 15 18:07 agent.conf.avconf.bak
>  4 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec    77 Aug 15 18:08 ar.conf
>
> 12 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec  9501 Nov  9  2012 cis_debian_linux_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec  8192 Nov  9  2012 cis_rhel5_linux_rcl.txt
> 16 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec 14251 Nov  9  2012 cis_rhel_linux_rcl.txt
> 84 -rw-r--r-- 1 ossecr   ossec 81459 Aug 15 18:08 merged.mg
>
> 16 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec 14872 Nov  9  2012 rootkit_files.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec  5193 Nov  9  2012 rootkit_trojans.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec  4457 Nov  9  2012 system_audit_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec  4682 Nov  9  2012 win_applications_rcl.txt
>  4 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec  3859 Nov  9  2012 win_audit_rcl.txt
>  8 -r--r----- 1 root     ossec  4929 Nov  9  2012 win_malware_rcl.txt
> OSSIM02:~#
>
> what user:group is supposed to own agent.conf. If I edit local_rules.xml,

This is what I have:
-r--r-----  1 root  ossec  12576 Aug 15 11:13
/var/ossec-hybrid/etc/shared/agent.conf

> local_decoder.xml, or agent.conf, what user should I be modifying these
> files as?
>

All of these files are root:ossec on my system. I don't think
modifying them should change this.

> Thank you,
>
> Jared
>
> On Monday, June 24, 2013 1:15:19 PM UTC-4, Jared wrote:
>>
>> Question:
>>
>> How are "Profiles" associated with clients / agents?
>>
>> Scenario:
>>
>> Agent ID = 001 = Web01 = IIS and MySQL = Windows
>>
>> Agent ID = 002 = Web02  = Apache/Tomcat and MySQL = CentOs
>>
>> I would like to have a profile for each server type so that I no longer
>> see the following errors:
>>
>> 2013/06/24 10:08:52 ossec-agent(1952): INFO: Monitoring variable log file:
>> 'C:\Tomcat7\logs\localhost_access_log.2013-06-24.txt'.
>> 2013/06/24 10:08:52 ossec-agent(1103): ERROR: Unable to open file
>> 'C:\Tomcat7\logs\localhost_access_log.2013-06-24.txt'.
>>
>>
>> For Windows servers that do not have Tomcat for example?
>>
>> Based on the following from the web documentation from
>> http://www.ossec.net/doc/syntax/head_agent_config.html?highlight=profile#profile:
>>
>> profile
>> This option to agent_config allows you to assign a profile name to the the
>> block. Any agent may use this block if it is configured to use the defined
>> profile.
>>
>> Example: <agent_config profile=”webservers”>
>>
>>
>> How do I tell Agent 002 that it should be associated with "LinuxWebs"
>>
>> <agent_config profile=”LinuxWebs”>
>>
>>
>>
>> How do I tell Agent 002 that it should be subordinate to "WinWebs"
>>
>> <agent_config profile=”LinuxWebs”>
>>
>>
>>
>> In the following config:
>>
>> <agent_config profile=”LinuxWebs”>
>>   <localfile>
>>     <location>/var/log/secure</location>
>>     <log_format>syslog</log_format>
>>   </localfile>
>>
>>
>> </agent_config>
>>
>>  Thanks for all of the posts and info? Very helpful list!!
>>
>> Jared
>
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