RE: [ossec-list] Why are file integrity checks not working / not taking place

2010-07-12 Thread ddp...@gmail.com
The first time the sysceck process runs it creates a baseline database. On subequent runs it should compare the new info to the older db. I do not know if these checks are done after it has finished its run, or if it checks for changes as it goes through the fs. If you're using a realtime capabl

Re: [ossec-list] Why are file integrity checks not working / not taking place

2010-07-12 Thread Daniel Cid
Hi, You probably have to wait a little more until the changes are send over. The scan itself takes more than 20 minutes to start, so if you are making these changes as soon as you start ossec, they will not be picked up. If you want realtime detection, use the "realtime" option: http://www.osse

[ossec-list] Why are file integrity checks not working / not taking place

2010-07-12 Thread ItsMikeE
I have done a server installation on RHEL5. There are no agents yet. I am carrying out some basic testing and not seeing any file integrity checking. I have changed frequency to 90 seconds I have tried using both one of the standard directories (/usr/sbin) and a custom one (/var/ossec-test). The l