I think I'm getting confused here. There are 3 people involved in this thread. O_o
Send your agentless configuration. Replace the IP address with 10.10.10.1. Check to make sure the SSH packets are making it to the agentless device. Check the agentless device's logs for information on ssh sessions from the manager. Make sure ssh works from the OSSEC manager to the agentless device. On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Saboor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan > I'm using IP address while trying to connect to the Agent .The command I'm > using is > scp /var/ossec/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected]:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys > (where xx is the IP of the host) > I'm not able to fix the error showing: > 2011/02/28 18:19:03 ossec-agentlessd: > ERROR: ssh_integrity_check_linux: [email protected]: Timeout while connecting to > host: [email protected] > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:26 AM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Saboor, >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Saboor <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Dan >> > >> > I am trying to install OSSEC Agentless for monitoring .Successfully >> > added >> > the IP of the host in the 'register_host.sh' (in var/ossec/agentless)and >> > the >> > script 'ssh_integrity_check_linux' in the ossec.conf (in >> > var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf). >> > >> > While generating the public/private key using the command in ossec >> > :'sudo -u >> > ossec ssh-keygen -t rsa' >> > I was encountering the error "Could not create directory / >> > var/ossec/.ssh' >> > For rectifying this error I had change the file permission of OSSEC to >> > 777 . >> >> This is a bad fix. Very few things need 777. You have introduced a >> security issue into your environment. >> >> > I have scp the public key from server to the host by running the command >> > scp /var/ossec/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected]:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys >> > it has successfully been added to the host >> > Now while restarting the ossec on my server and checking the logs of the >> > same I encounter an error which is : >> > >> > 2011/02/28 18:19:03 ossec-agentlessd: ERROR: >> > ssh_integrity_check_linux: [email protected]: Timeout while connecting to >> > host: [email protected] >> > >> >> Are you using the IP address or the hostname when trying to connect to >> it? I haven't used the agentless in a while, so I can't remember if it >> can resolve hostnames. >> Try registering the IP address instead of the hostname. >> >> > Please Advise >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > Saboor Rafiq >> > > > > > -- > Regards, > Saboor Rafiq >
