On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Sun Poon <[email protected]> wrote: > It's around 11 minutes according to the log. >
Perhaps the <frequency>900</frequency> begins counting after the completion of the previous scan? > > On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:50:31 AM UTC+8, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Sun Poon <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Dear Sir/Madam, >> > >> > I deployed OSSEC as a HIDS agent to a big old system (SUSE 9 without >> > inotify) in our company. Being required by my boss, it is essential >> > for me to report critical file changes ASAP to various system owners. >> > >> > With the limitation, I decided to use frequent syscheck to replace the >> > real-time features. I set the frequency to <frequency>900</frequency>, >> > I have also disabled the auto-ignore feature. However, it is >> > discovered that the file change event appears 30 minutes later, or >> > even not showing up. I have checked that the database is not empty by >> > using ossec-wui. Is there any configuration error I have made? >> > >> > Best Regards, >> > Sun >> >> How long does a scan take? I can't imagine a scan of any decent size >> taking less than 900 seconds.
