On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Lsilverman <[email protected]> wrote: > I am monitoring my inetpub folder on a webserver and ignoring log > files/folders within inetpub. For some reason ossec sends me email alerts > for files/folders that I am ignoring. Can someone look at my config and help > me understand what's wrong? (Dan, looking at you buddy :) :) :)) > > From OSSEC.conf on the agent: > <syscheck> > <alert_new_files>yes</alert_new_files> > <directories realtime="yes" check_all="yes">C:\inetpub</directories> > <ignore>C:\Inetpub\mailroot</ignore> > <ignore>C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\app1\logs</ignore> > <ignore>C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\app2\logs</ignore> > <ignore>C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\app1\Imports</ignore> > <ignore>C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\app2\Imports</ignore> > </syscheck> > </ossec_config> > > I keep getting email alerts like: > > Rule: 550 fired (level 14) -> "Integrity checksum changed of monitored > file." > Portion of the log(s): > > Integrity checksum changed for: > 'C:\Inetpub/wwwroot/app1/Log/user.xxxxxxx-12-19-2012.txt' >
You don't have this path defined above. You have "<ignore>C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\app1\logs</ignore>" instead. > > OSSEC is correct that the file it is showing me has changed but I have > marked that folder to be ignored. I know that ossec scans all files/folders > but should choose to alert on files NOT being ignored. Is my config bad? > Should I add my ignores to the manager and not the agent conf? > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > Make sure you restart the agent processes after adding the correct ignores.
