On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Tanishk Lakhaani <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dan,
> R u talking abt whether I am able to take putty on the agentless device or 
> not ??
>

No, I want you to make sure the OSSEC manager can ssh into the agentless device.

> If this is the question, yes I am able to take that.
>
> What logs do I need to check at the agentless device ??
>
>

Whichever log holds the SSH information. I don't know what device
you're trying to configure, or what logs it holds.

> Regards
> Tanishk Lakhaani
> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]>
> Sender: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:11:12
> To: <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Re:
>
> Are the ssh packets making it to the agentless device?
> Are there any logs on the agentless device mentioning any issues with
> the ssh connection?
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Tanishk Lakhaani <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Hi daniel,
>> We are using an IP address for the same
>>
>> Still the same issues
>> Regards
>> Tanishk Lakhaani
>> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]>
>> Sender: [email protected]
>> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:56:32
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Re:
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>

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