OK, thanks. Is there a list anywhere of the main differences between the 
two configurations? I spent most of yesterday trawling through the docs 
trying to work out what might be enabled in the "server" configuration 
which I wouldn't want in a "local" configuration.

On Wednesday, 22 October 2014 05:30:44 UTC+1, Jeremy Rossi wrote:
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> > On Oct 21, 2014, at 8:11 AM, dan (ddp) <ddp...@gmail.com <javascript:>> 
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> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:09 AM,  <de...@scratters.com <javascript:>> 
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> >> The ossec-init.conf file in the CentOS RPMs I picked up has the TYPE 
> set to 
> >> 'server'. I don't need that - I only need a local installation, so I 
> removed 
> >> those RPMs and installed from the tar ball, specifying 'local'. 
> However, 
> >> given that I need to install on lots of machines I'd rather use those 
> RPMs 
> >> if at all possible. Standing on someone else's shoulders, etc. 
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> >> So, what would be involved in changing a 'server' config to a 'local' 
> one? 
> >> Presumably it's not just a case of changing that TYPE value and 
> restarting? 
> >> I can't find any documentation on the ossec-init.conf file. 
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> >> What else might those RPMs have set which I should be looking at or 
> >> switching off in order to get a good, default 'local' installation? 
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> > I think that file only really matters during upgrades from source. I'd 
> > just ignore it or change the type to local. 
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> Correct local and server are the same binaries just different ossec.conf 
> files. So install with rpm and then change the config file.   
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