Josh Albright wrote: > Hi, > > I have many critical production systems that I can't reboot easily. Is > there a way to install the OSSEC agent without needing a reboot? > > I compiled the binaries on one system in the environment and I've been > installing the other systems by using these same pre-compiled > binaries. I'm able to register the agent to the server and everything > seems to run fine, but I just want to make sure a reboot isn't needed > for the OSSEC software to be fully functional. I've never restarted any of my FreeBSD, Linux or Windows agents after install and they all work fine. Shouldn't be necessary on any OS AFAIK.
Not a bad idea to verify it starts at boot time so you know it'll work the next time you restart (which, depending on the system, could be months from now so it can be easy to forget I know from experience). But it isn't a requirement. Chris
