Here's what the line looks like in archives.log (using the logall option):
2011 Dec 05 17:27:37 ix->find-dots2 ossec: output: 'find-dots2':
|-----------------------------------------------------|
This is a header of sorts, so the line really starts at "ossec:". All
aliased commands should start out the same way.


On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:45 PM, alsdks <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Dan,
>
> I do not know if that space was the only problem but with it gone and
> the alias in single quotation marks,it did the trick .
>
> While searching for the proper syntax I have seen it written with
> various ways like
>
> <match>ossec: output: 'find-dots2 </match>  (single quotation mark)
> <match>ossec: output: 'find-dots2': </match> (two single quotation
> marks before and after  with colon)
> double quotation marks , space after etc etc etc .....
>
> This is what works
> <match>ossec: output: 'find-dots2'</match>
>
> Thank you
>
> On Dec 5, 10:54 pm, "dan (ddp)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:42 PM, alsdks <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi list ,
>>
>> > I have been trying to set up a command to detect files starting with
>> > dot or double dot (. ..) But whatever I do I do not get an alert for
>> > it .Here is my configuration :
>>
>> > command at agent's ossec.conf:
>>
>> >  <localfile>
>> >    <log_format>full_command</log_format>
>> >    <command>find /test -name '.*'</command>
>> >    <alias>find-dots2</alias>
>> >    <frequency>300</frequency>
>> >  </localfile>
>>
>> > rule specification at server local_rules.xml
>>
>> >  <rule id="100108" level="10">
>> >   <if_sid>530</if_sid>
>> >   <match>ossec: output: 'find-dots2' </match>
>>
>> I haven't been able to get it to work just yet, but did notice that
>> you have a space between 'find-dots2' and </match>.
>> It works with logtest, just haven't seen an alert in "production."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >   <check_diff />
>> >   <description> Suspicious File created  </description>
>> >  </rule>
>>
>> > I see the output coming with logall enabled :
>>
>> > # tail -f ../logs/archives/archives.log
>> > /test/..test1
>> > /test/.test4
>> > /test/.test1
>> > /test/..test5
>> > /test/.test3
>> > /test/..test6
>> > /test/..test2
>> > /test/..test4
>> > /test/.test2
>> > /test/..test3
>>
>> > I added some and run the agent scans again ...Nothing
>>
>> > No alert , no anything !
>>
>> > What am I doing wrong ?
>>
>> > Thank you all!

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