Hello, I did the fresh install using the install.sh and I installed OSSEC as a server. I tried to send the ossec.conf as attachment to ossec-list but I don't know how, so I am going to my gmail account to send it to you.
Thanks, On Mar 24, 7:43 am, Daniel Cid <[email protected]> wrote: > Something went wrong with your install. Can you show us your ossec.conf file? > > *btw, did you do a fresh install using the install.sh script or some > other method? > > Thanks, > > -- > Daniel B. Cid > dcid ( at ) ossec.net > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have the other way around. I installed OSSEC v2 successfully and > > start OSSEC right after the sucessful installation, I got the error > > message > > "Starting OSSEC HIDS v2.0 (by Third Brigade, Inc.)... > > 2009/03/18 16:37:57 rules_list: Group 'virus' not found. Invalid > > 'if_group'. > > ossec-analysisd: Configuration error. Exiting" > > > On Mar 10, 1:54 pm, Daniel Cid <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Peter, > > >> This happens because inside the attack_rules.xml we have the following > >> rule: > > >> <rule id="40113" level="12" frequency="6" timeframe="360"> > >> <if_matched_group>virus</if_matched_group> > >> <description>Multiple viruses detected - Possible > >> outbreak.</description> > >> <group>virus,</group> > >> </rule> > > >> So, since you disabled all the rules that had the category "virus" > >> (mcafee, symantec, etc) it will > >> fail to load this rule because the group "virus" is not found. > > >> Just as a curiosity, why are you disabling all these rules files? For > >> performance reasons? > >> Remember that most of them are tied to a decoder (see decoded_as in > >> the beginning of the rule), > >> so if a decoder is not matched, all the rules are completely ignored > >> (you can try with the ossec-logtest to see). > > >> Thanks, > > >> -- > >> Daniel B. Cid > >> dcid ( at ) ossec.net > > >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Peter M. Abraham > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Hi Daniel: > > >> > I'm emailing you the error plus ossec.conf (without McAfee commented > >> > out). > > >> > When I comment out the mcafee rule, and restart I get the following > >> > error: > > >> > Starting OSSEC HIDS v2.0 (by Third Brigade, Inc.)... > >> > 2009/03/04 12:21:38 rules_list: Group 'virus' not found. Invalid > >> > 'if_group'. > >> > ossec-analysisd: Configuration error. Exiting
