Check the ossec.log file on that agent to see if there are any
messages about why these files aren't being copied.
Take a look at permissions in the source and target directories.
Make sure something like SELinux isn't blocking the copy.

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Richard Knight <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nope not using a symlink for that directory its a direct path to the
> httpd conf dir it it does enable realtime monitoring on that directory
> and will report hash changes via email it just wont cache it into the
> diff dir and list changes within the file that changed.
>
> On Sep 1, 5:06 pm, Daniel Cid <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Can you check if this directory is a link? I remember it was failing
>> due to symlinks before (use the original
>> directory)..
>>
>> Thanks,
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>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Richard Knight <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I am trying to expand my live file monitoring to my apache server and
>> > the related www content, and while it will cache the files in /usr/
>> > local/www into /var/ossec/queue/diff it will not cache the httpd/conf
>> > dir, what makes this odd is that it correctly enabled realtime
>> > monitoring of the directory and reports hash changes but will not
>> > cache text config files.
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>> > <directories realtime="yes" report_changes="yes" check_all="yes">/usr/
>> > local/httpd/conf,/usr/local/www</directories>
>>
>> > Does anyone know if there is any sort of pre-check or requirement
>> > before ossec will cache the contents of a file?

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