Hi Dan, Tried that but it didn't work too .
On Nov 17, 10:19 pm, "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]> wrote: > You may be able to change the location in the src/LOCATION file, but I > haven't tried it. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:20 AM, alsdks <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 !
