ok, i saw messages in other servers like this Feb 16 07:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 08:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 09:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 10:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 11:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 12:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 13:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 14:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 15:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1 Feb 16 16:52:42 bai2-ibm-db1 : error initializing: -1
exactly every hour. So the DHCP looks irrelevant to the errors. It could be an IBM thing? but why just starting happening now? if i want to ignore it ... it will be a risk involved? if so how i can ignore the alert On Feb 16, 4:28 pm, Jeremy Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like it's an issue with DHCP. Did you try Google to look for help on > why DHCP might be acting up? Do you have multiple ethernet adapters on this > server? > > If you're certain these errors aren't symptoms of a larger problem, you > could always setup a rule to ignore them. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:18 PM, OSSEC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is in another server > > > Feb 16 15:31:43 BAI-MW1 dhclient: bound to 169.254.95.120 -- renewal > > in 301 seconds. > > Feb 16 15:35:43 BAI-MW1 : error initializing: -1 > > Feb 16 15:36:44 BAI-MW1 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on usb0 to > > 169.254.95.118 port 67 > > Feb 16 15:36:44 BAI-MW1 dhclient: DHCPACK from 169.254.95.118 > > > These servers are used for weblogic > > > On the other two servers the date is wrong ... will fix that soon, > > but im not sure if that was causing the issue. (these are test > > servers) > > > On Feb 16, 3:58 pm, "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Look at the proceeding lines, maybe there is a clue there. What's the > > > purpose of this system? > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:36 PM, OSSEC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Im using linux > > > > > Here is what i found in /var/log/messages > > > > > Feb 16 15:15:33 BAI-DB2 : error initializing: -1 > > > > > tons of those lines > > > > > On Feb 16, 3:20 pm, Jeremy Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> If in Windows just open the log with Notepad, Wordpad, etc and run a > > "Find" > > > > >> You should be able to identify the log source that this came from, as > > Dan > > > >> has pointed out. > > > > >> Let us know. > > > > >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > As can be seen here: > > > >> >http://www.ossec.net/wiki/Know_How:Email_Alerts_below_7 > > > >> > the name of the logfile is generally in the alert ("Received From: > > > >> > (foo) 192.168.0.2->/var/log/messages"). > > > >> > If it isn't in your alert message, you can use grep if you're on a > > > >> > sane(r) system. I'm not sure how to find it with Windows. > > > > >> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:06 PM, OSSEC <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > > Hey Dan, > > > > >> > > bai-mw1 is the name of the agent. How i can find out the log that > > > >> > > message is hidden? > > > > >> > > thanks > > > > >> > > On Feb 16, 2:50 pm, "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi Chris, > > > >> > >> Find out what BAI-MW1 is. Knowing which log that message is > > hidden in > > > >> > >> might be useful. > > > >> > >> Then write a rule for the log message. > > > > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM, OSSEC <[email protected] > > > > >> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > Greetings, > > > > >> > >> > all of the sudden i've started receiving the following error > > message > > > > >> > >> > "Unknown problem somewhere in the system." > > > >> > >> > Portion of the log(s): > > > > >> > >> > Feb 16 14:35:43 BAI-MW1 : error initializing: -1 > > > > >> > >> > I;ve restarted the agents and servers but i still having the > > same > > > >> > >> > issue. These alerts are coming out of few agents not all of > > them. > > > > >> > >> > ANy ideas please? > > > > >> > >> > thanks
