ossec-execd was not running and refuses to start when rootcheck is
disabled. When I try to run /var/ossec/bin/ossec-execd manually it
just shows

ossec-execd(1350): Active response disabled. Exiting.

in the logs.

Restarting ossec does not fix the problem either. The only way I can
get the execd process to not kill itself is by enabling rootcheck.

Blaine Aldridge


On 5/22/07, Daniel Cid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Blaine,
>
> I think your problem is unrelated to rootcheck. The error you mentioned only
> happens when ossec-analysisd can not connect to ossec-execd...
>
> Can you make sure that ossec-execd is running (ps auwx |grep ossec)? If
> it is not, try to start it manually and see if it generates any errors. If it
> starts fine, just restart ossec and see if the problem persist...
>
> If that doesn't help, let us know and we will look deep into that :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Daniel B. Cid
> dcid ( at ) ossec.net
>
> On 5/20/07, Blaine Aldridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm running OSSEC on a openvz based VPS and the rootcheck module
> > reports all sorts of hidden processes and such (as expected inside a
> > VPS). I've tried to disable the rootcheck module by with
> >
> > <rootcheck>
> > <disabled>yes</disabled>
> > </rootcheck>
> >
> > in the ossec.conf but when I start ossec via init.d I get the following
> >
> > ossec-rootcheck: Rootcheck disabled. Exiting.
> > ossec-syscheckd: Rootcheck module disabled.
> >
> > Everything seems to be fine... except with rootcheck disabled active
> > response no longer works. In the ossec.log file I see
> >
> > ossec-analysisd(1210): Queue '/queue/alerts/execq' not accessible:
> > 'Connection refused'.
> > ossec-analysisd(1301): Unable to connect to active response queue.
> >
> > Any suggestions are appreciated,
> > Blaine Aldridge
> >
>

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