hi,
there are three steps here:

1) Install SEC itself -- since currently there is no package file for 
Solaris, get the source distribution, unpack it, and copy the sec.pl 
file from the distribution to the /usr/local/bin directory

2) Create a proper startup file for SEC (/etc/rc3.d/S98sec), so that SEC 
would be started at the next system boot. For that you can use a sample 
startup file from the distribution -- have a look at 
contrib/startup.solaris and edit it according to your needs. Basically 
you have to remove the first 4-5 lines up to #!/bin/bash. Also, the last 
few lines beginning with "#---------/usr/local/etc/sec/sec.start" should 
go to a separate file called /usr/local/etc/sec/sec.start

3) Create the /usr/local/etc/sec/sec.rules file and add rules there what 
you consider important. If you are new to SEC, I would recommend to 
begin with a couple of Single or SingleWithSuppress rules for monitoring 
common fault conditions.

Basically, the Single rule looks like this:

type=Single
ptype=RegExp
pattern=your_regular_expression
desc=$0
action=pipe '%s' /usr/bin/mail -s 'syslog alert' root

You have to identify the log messages you want to be alerted on, and 
then write regular expressions for matching these messages.

Unfortunately, there is no out-of-the-box rule file for Solaris at the 
rule repository, since the things people want to monitor depend on the 
local environment a lot (log messages that are not so relevant for one 
site are highly important for other sites).

br,
risto


Gabriele Giorelli wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to install sec on a solaris 10 box and then monitor the syslog file 
> for several patterns.
> 
> Can you please assist on the install and config part?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
>       
> 
> 
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