I wouldn't assume anything. I'd try a few things to make it work. Like my suggestion. Or "D:\\." if "D:\." didn't produce the results I wanted.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:06 PM, brighamr <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > It's interesting that two others were able to use the agent.conf file > I wrote without issues... however I did comment out the "D:\" line and > it now passes verify-agent-conf... ?! Thanks! > > So, are we to assume that OSSEC can not monitor entire drives? > > -Glenn > > On Jul 13, 6:00 am, "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Did you try what I suggested? I'd be interested to know if it works. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:35 AM, brighamr <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello Andy, >> >> > I did exactly as you described and still received the same error >> > "Error reading XML file '/var/ossec/etc/shared/agent.conf' : XML ERR: >> > element not closed: directories (line 275). >> >> > My file size was 19299 for the new file which indicates all of the new >> > line chars and astericks have been removed. The permissions are as >> > they should be. >> >> > I'm stumped! Is there any way my verify-agent-conf script could have >> > gotten corrupted? What other troubleshooting steps can I perform? >> >> > Thanks! >> >> > On Jul 12, 7:49 pm, "Andy Cockroft \(andic\)" <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Hi Glenn >> >> >> The file attached earlier works fine for me as well, so I would begin to >> >> look for "white noise" characters - unprintable but may upset your verify >> >> >> By way of explanation, what I did was download the file you uploaded on >> >> 12th at 5:58am (your time) via Microsoft Outlook >> >> >> I opened the file in notepad (which implies that you actually do have >> >> line-feed characters in that version of the file - but no worries) >> >> >> What I did then is select all and copy to clipboard - then in a Console >> >> (I use Putty), I created a new agent.conf using nano - and pasted all the >> >> data into it. Saved and exited >> >> >> Then ran ./verify-agent-conf successfully >> >> >> Works for me on almost brand-new release from dcid-ossec-hids-d465e7d19b05 >> >> >> Andy >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> >> Behalf Of brighamr >> >> Sent: Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:33 a.m. >> >> To: ossec-list >> >> Subject: [ossec-list] Re: file attached - agent.conf >> >> >> v 2.5.1. everything else has worked flawlessly except this file wont pass >> >> verify-agent-conf, and due to this it wont work correctly on the agents. >> >> I'm at a loss, but absolutely appreciate everyone's help! >> >> >> On Jul 12, 12:49 pm, Christopher Moraes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Glenn, which version of OSSEC are you using? >> >> >> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:24 PM, brighamr <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > > Chris, >> >> >> > > Thannk you. I copied this file onto the server and attempted to >> >> > > verify. I am still getting an element not closed error. Is there >> >> > > anything that would make verify-agent-conf not work correctly? >> >> >> > > -Glenn >> >> >> > > On Jul 12, 7:02 am, Christopher Moraes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > Hi Glen, >> >> >> > > > I've attached the modified agent.conf. >> >> >> > > > Regards, >> >> > > > Chris >> >> >> > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, brighamr >> >> > > > <[email protected]> >> >> > > wrote: >> >> > > > > Chris, >> >> >> > > > > I removed all of the astericks from the file (they were appended >> >> > > > > to the end of the individual registry key elements). Did you >> >> > > > > remove anything that wasn't in the registry keys section? >> >> >> > > > > For some reason, it still gives me the same error - even after >> >> > > > > removing the astricks. >> >> >> > > > > Any chance you would upload your file that passes? I'll try >> >> > > > > testing that instead of guess/checking :-) >> >> >> > > > > I sincerely appreciate your help! >> >> >> > > > > Glenn >> >> >> > > > > On Jul 11, 1:18 pm, Christopher Moraes <[email protected]> >> >> > > > > wrote: >> >> > > > > > I removed the "*" characters from the file and it now passes >> >> > > > > > verify-agent-control. >> >> >> > > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Glenn B Roberts < >> >> > > > > [email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> > > > > > > Chris, >> >> >> > > > > > > Thank you for your response. My file doesn't contain newline >> >> > > > > > > chars >> >> > > and >> >> > > > > it's >> >> > > > > > > still giving me an error. Can you please take a look at the >> >> > > attached? >> >> >> > > > > > > Thanks! >> >> > > > > > > Glenn- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> > > > > > - Show quoted text - >> >> >> > > > agent.conf >> >> > > > 25KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text -
