I can't remember if 2.0 can do the wildcards or not. I'd look at the
release notes for that version to see if it's mentioned.

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Swartz, Patrick H
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Please forgive my noob question... globbing?  Can version 2.0 support 
> directory wildcards?  Could I use ..
> \FUND\Clients\*\*\WebSvc\*\web.conf ?  The file 'web.conf' is the only file 
> they want monitored and I'm trying to figure out if it can be done via the 
> Ossec.conf file locally or do I need to setup a rule to exclude every other 
> file but that one.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Patrick Swartz
> UNIX Planning & Engineering (DSUSSE)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of dan (ddp)
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:53 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] excluded files rule
>
> Are they simple enough to be able to use globbing for those files?
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Swartz, Patrick H
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> Using Ossec 2.0 server/client model.
>>
>> I have been asked if there is a way we can create a rule to exclude files 
>> based on the following directory structure on a Windows machine...
>>
>>
>>
>> {WWWROOT}\FUND\Clients\<client name>\<project,sub-project 
>> names>\WebSvc\<version>\web.config
>>
>>
>>
>> Currently our Ossec.conf file is very large due to each {WWWROOT} entry is 
>> expanded to where ever ISS is setup, and each <client name> and 
>> <project,sub-project names>, and <version> has to be expanded.  For some 500 
>> servers, this equates to a very large number of lines in the config file.
>>
>> Or is there a better way to write our config file with those 'variables'?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick Swartz
>> UNIX Planning & Engineering (DSUSSE)
>>
>> First Data
>> 402-777-7337 desk
>> 402-871-8981 cell
>>
>>
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