Re: [ossec-list] Re: Want to see name of user who changed a file

2012-11-21 Thread ash kumar
While that was probably a tongue in cheek response, it is worth exploring. Would you then turn on auditd file watching for all files under /etc and then some depending on where applications are installed? How would you do that? Enumerate each file individually aka auditctl -w /etc/passwd -p

[ossec-list] Re: Want to see name of user who changed a file

2012-11-20 Thread stones2125
So how is OSSEC PCI compliant since the requirement is to identify the user who made a change. On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:51:50 AM UTC-5, stones2125 wrote: I am new to OSSEC and have been trying to figure out how to do the following...if possible. - When a file changes on a Windows

Re: [ossec-list] Re: Want to see name of user who changed a file

2012-11-20 Thread dan (ddp)
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:59 AM, stones2125 m...@mrshenk.com wrote: So how is OSSEC PCI compliant since the requirement is to identify the user who made a change. I didn't think products/projects were PCI compliant, I thought your processes and systems would have to be PCI compliant. You can

Re: [ossec-list] Re: Want to see name of user who changed a file

2012-11-20 Thread sklaumin...@gmail.com
Here is some info on Windows Auditing: This may help in building rules to monitor. Also the Event IDs change based on OS Version (Vista+) http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericfitz/archive/2006/03/07/545726.aspx Events 560, 562, 563, 564, 567, and each of those adding 4096 for Vista+ are all relevant,

[ossec-list] Re: Want to see name of user who changed a file

2012-11-20 Thread Gene Allen
You can try to use Windows Auditing like Scott suggests, but it's a mess and usually results with gobs of noise in the security log. My company sells a file auditing product for Windows (and PCI) and if this is a short-term problem, you might be able to get away with just using the trial. You

Re: [ossec-list] Re: Want to see name of user who changed a file

2012-11-20 Thread Morgan Cox
Perhaps you should migrate to Linux?