Yes, 1 is a local admin issue. Here is more on 2 from a different server running FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE-p1. I am willing to do more here if you want, just let me know.
----------------------------------------------------------------- *** Making os_csyslogd *** gcc -g -Wall -I../ -I../headers -DDEFAULTDIR=\"/var/ossec\" -DCLIENT -DUSE_OPENSSL -DARGV0=\"ossec-csyslogd\" -DXML_VAR=\"var\" -DOSSECHIDS *.c ../config/lib_config.a ../shared/lib_shared.a ../os_net/os_net.a ../os_regex/os_regex.a ../os_xml/os_xml.a -o ossec-csyslogd csyslogd.c: In function 'field_add_string': csyslogd.c:117: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strnlen' /var/tmp//cc23x9Np.o(.text+0x24f): In function `field_add_string': /root/apps/ossec/ossec-hids-2.7/src/os_csyslogd/csyslogd.c:117: undefined reference to `strnlen' /var/tmp//cc23x9Np.o(.text+0x369): In function `field_add_truncated': /root/apps/ossec/ossec-hids-2.7/src/os_csyslogd/csyslogd.c:142: undefined reference to `strnlen' /var/tmp//cc23x9Np.o(.text+0x57f): In function `field_add_int': /root/apps/ossec/ossec-hids-2.7/src/os_csyslogd/csyslogd.c:191: undefined reference to `strnlen' *** Error code 1 Stop in /root/apps/ossec/ossec-hids-2.7/src/os_csyslogd. Error Making os_csyslogd *** Error code 1 Stop in /root/apps/ossec/ossec-hids-2.7/src. Error 0x5. Building error. Unable to finish the installation. ----------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:18 AM, dan (ddp) <ddp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:07 AM, bujanga <buja...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am running a legacy FreeBSD 7.4 system and had some minor issues >> installing OSSEC as an agent. >> >> 1. It says I must be user root to install. >> I su to the user toor and save my root for console work only. Since I >> am remote, this caused a minor stumble. The install script should >> check the UID rather than the user name. >> From about line 930 of v2.6 and line 975 of v2.7 >> # Must be root >> if [ ! "X$ME" = "Xroot" ]; then >> catError "0x2-beroot"; >> fi >> As a quick fix, I simply changed "Xroot" to "Xtoor". >> > > Meh, seems like an admin issue. Shouldn't have been too hard to > include a patch with a real fix though. > >> 2. Unable to install version 2.7. I did not troubleshoot this but >> immediately tried to install 2.6 instead. Version 2.6 installed >> without issue. > > Why bother sending the email if you aren't going to give us a hint?
