Hello again, Thank you dan for the hint. I would imagine this is a ./configure flag (--prefix=/opt/ossec) , but there is no configure file under src. My knowledge is limited in this area ,can you help me what would be the exact command \ procedure ?
Thank you in advance ! Cheers On Nov 10, 12:16 am, "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]> wrote: > You have to compile it for the location you want to install it in. You > can change it to /opt/ossec before compilation. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:10 PM, alsdks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > I was testing binary installations , as described here > >http://www.ossec.net/doc/manual/installation/installation-binary.html > > , and run into or a strange situation. When installed the binary to a > > new target machine if I change the install directory to something > > different than the original machine were the binary was built ,for > > example select /opt/ossec instead of /var/ossec , the installation > > does not work . > > > It tries to find and run things under /var/ossec and not /opt/ > > ossec. > > > Trying to run manage agents for instance gives the following error : > > > manage_agents(1209): ERROR: Unable to chroot to directory: '/var/ > > ossec'. > > > and trying to run ossec-control : > > > ossec-execd(1226): ERROR: Error reading XML file '/var/ossec/etc/ > > ossec.conf': XMLERR: File '/var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf' not found. (line > > 0) > > > Anyone has run to this issue before ? I guess it is not a big deal > > installing to /var/ossec but what if there is some restriction (space > > or policy ) and we cant ? > > > Any ideas much appreciated ! > > > Thank you !
