Thank you both for the reply, I created this rule:
<rule id="18152" level="0">
 <if_sid>18456</if_sid>
 <match>svc_vesx</match>
 <options>no_email_alert</options>
 <description>Ignore svc_vcenter spam</description>
</rule>

from the log entry:
Received From: (DB01.DOMAIN) 192.168.0.100->WinEvtLog
Rule: 18152 fired (level 10) -> "Multiple Windows Logon Failures."
Portion of the log(s):

WinEvtLog: Application: AUDIT_FAILURE(18456): MSSQLSERVER: svc_vesx: ABC:
DB01.DOMAIN: Login failed for user 'ABC\svc_vesx'. Reason: Failed to open
the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: 10.5.115.15]
WinEvtLog: Application: AUDIT_FAILURE(18456): MSSQLSERVER: svc_vesx: ABC:
DB01.DOMAIN: Login failed for user 'ABC\svc_vesx'. Reason: Failed to open
the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: 10.5.115.15]
WinEvtLog: Application: AUDIT_FAILURE(18456): MSSQLSERVER: svc_vesx: ABC:
DB01.DOMAIN: Login failed for user 'ABC\svc_vesx'. Reason: Failed to open
the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: 10.5.115.15]
WinEvtLog: Application: AUDIT_FAILURE(18456): MSSQLSERVER: svc_vesx: ABC:
DB01.DOMAIN: Login failed for user 'ABC\svc_vesx'. Reason: Failed to open
the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: 10.5.115.15]
WinEvtLog: Application: AUDIT_FAILURE(18456): MSSQLSERVER: svc_vesx: ABC:
DB01.DOMAIN: Login failed for user 'ABC\svc_vesx'. Reason: Failed to open
the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: 10.5.115.15]
WinEvtLog: Application: AUDIT_FAILURE(18456): MSSQLSERVER: svc_vesx: ABC:
DB01.DOMAIN: Login failed for user 'ABC\svc_vesx'. Reason: Failed to open
the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: 10.5.115.15]
WinEvtLog: Application: AUDIT_FAILURE(18456): MSSQLSERVER: svc_vesx: ABC:
DB01.DOMAIN: Login failed for user 'ABC\svc_vesx'. Reason: Failed to open
the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: 10.5.115.15]

When I attempt to save, I get this message in ossec.log
2013/05/15 07:58:53 rules_op: Invalid root element "rule".Only "group" is
allowed
2013/05/15 07:58:53 ossec-testrule(1220): ERROR: Error loading the rules:
'local_rules.xml'.
2013/05/15 08:00:36 ossec-testrule: INFO: Reading local decoder file.
2013/05/15 08:00:36 rules_op: Invalid root element "rule".Only "group" is
allowed
2013/05/15 08:00:36 ossec-testrule(1220): ERROR: Error loading the rules:
'local_rules.xml'.

Any ideas?


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:27 AM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:30 PM, OSSEC junkie <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Is there a way to ignore an alert from a particular user?  We have an ESX
> > environment with a service account that is a bit buggy.  It's sending
> > invalid login attempts by the thousands on a daily basis.   Is it
> possible
> > to configure OSSEC to ignore any rule created by "svc_vesx" but still log
> > invalid login attempts as expected?
> >
> > I would think it is but want to get the expert opinion.   Thanks!
> >
>
> Without seeing the log message, and how it's decoded, I'll go with "yes."
>
> <rule id="blahblah" level="0">
>   <if_sid>whatever_is_flooding</if_sid>
>   <user>USER</user>
> </rule>
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