Re: [ossec-list] Agent sending alerts, but OSSEC still reports agent as "Never Connected"

2016-05-09 Thread Jesus Linares
Hi Abhi, yes, OSSEC reads the files /var/ossec/queue/agent-info/* to know if agent is active or not. More information: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ossec-list/ijwdhMoXD4Q Remove all files (so, now the state of every agent is Never connected), and restart manager and agents. After

Re: [ossec-list] Agent sending alerts, but OSSEC still reports agent as "Never Connected"

2016-05-06 Thread Vani Paridhyani
Hi! I am facing the same problem. Out of 40 agents , 3 agents are behaving like this. It shows 'Never Connected' in server even though I am receiving alerts for these 3 agents. I created file in /var/ossec/queue/agent-info. It made them 'Active' but then agents got disconnected within an hour.

[ossec-list] Agent sending alerts, but OSSEC still reports agent as Never Connected

2014-10-08 Thread Abhi
Hi, We are using automated scripts through Chef to instal OSSEC and use ossec-authd to control key exchange. After a recent install, the Agent is sending the alerts correctly, but OSSEC(ossec_agent_control) still reports that the agent has Never Connected. I have verified that it's same

Re: [ossec-list] Agent sending alerts, but OSSEC still reports agent as Never Connected

2014-10-08 Thread dan (ddp)
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Abhi abhijittike...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We are using automated scripts through Chef to instal OSSEC and use ossec-authd to control key exchange. After a recent install, the Agent is sending the alerts correctly, but OSSEC(ossec_agent_control) still reports

Re: [ossec-list] Agent sending alerts, but OSSEC still reports agent as Never Connected

2014-10-08 Thread Abhi
Thanks Dan. The file was not present for this agent. When I created the file manually, now it is being reported as Active. This brings up another question. Is the presence of this file the only thing needed to determine status of an Agent? File contains only basic information about the

Re: [ossec-list] Agent sending alerts, but OSSEC still reports agent as Never Connected

2014-10-08 Thread dan (ddp)
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Abhi abhijittike...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Dan. The file was not present for this agent. When I created the file manually, now it is being reported as Active. This brings up another question. Is the presence of this file the only thing needed to determine