Chris :

When you say format is this what you mean :-  /var/log/dmesg OR /var/log/btmp
etc etc...These are the kind of files i intent to record...

Is there something that i m missing ?

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Christopher Moraes
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Yes. assuming the format of your new file is also "syslog"
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:26 PM, SystemAli <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> So, That means if i need to add additional files to be monitored, all i
>> need to do is , Edit the *ossec.conf* on the agent by replace the *
>> LOCATION* tab with the location of the log file  that i need to monitor ?
>> ...correct ?
>>
>>
>>   <localfile>
>>     <log_format>syslog</log_format>
>>     *<location>/var/log/maillog</location>*
>>   </localfile>
>>
>> Please clarify
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Christopher Moraes <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:45 PM, SystemAli <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dan:
>>>>
>>>> that means all the logs to be monitored have to be entered in the agent
>>>> in the following location :-/var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> On the agent, there are 2 config files that are read in the following
>>> order -
>>> 1. /var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf and
>>> 2. /var/ossec/etc/shared/agent.conf
>>>
>>> The agent first reads the ossec.conf file and then tries to read the
>>> agent.conf file (if it exits).  Log files specified in ossec.conf and
>>> agent.conf will be monitored.  If you are making changes for a specific
>>> agent, make your changes in ossec.conf and not agent.conf, as agent.conf
>>> gets overwritten by the manager.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>
>


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