Small correction.  The example of agent.conf should read

agent.conf:
----------------

<agent_config os="windows">
   ....
</agent_config>

<agent_config os="Linux">   <-----Changed windows to Linux
   ...
</agent_config>





On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Christopher Moraes
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> You need to put both the <agent_config> blocks for Unix and windows in the
> same agent.conf file on the manager.  Like :
>
> agent.conf:
> ----------------
>
> <agent_config os="windows">
>    ....
> </agent_config>
>
> <agent_config os="windows">
>    ...
> </agent_config>
>
> The file will get pushed to all your agents (irrespective of whether they
> are unix or windows).   However the agent will read only the <agent_config>
> block applicable to its OS.
>
> So your Windows machines will read only the <agent_config os="windows">
> section.
>
> HTH.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 4:01 AM, GeorgeY <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am using a shared config for Windows hosts that is being distributed
>> from the OSSEC server /ossec/etc/shared/agent.conf.
>>
>> In agent.conf, I have specified the following:
>>
>> <agent_config os="Windows">
>> ...
>> ...
>> </agent_config>
>>
>> It is distributing it as expected however, I noticed that this file is
>> being distributed to my Unix hosts as well. How can I tell the OSSEC
>> server to distribute agent.conf to ALL windows hosts and tell it to
>> distribute agent-unix.conf to ALL unix hosts only? Can this be done?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> George
>
>
>

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