On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM, alsdks <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> Tried that but it didn't work too .
>
>

Ok. It looks like the install.sh adds the following to Config.OS:
CEXTRA= -DDEFAULTDIR=\"/var/ossec\"

> 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.
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>> 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 !
>

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