On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:54 PM, frwa onto <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Dan,
>               For ossec-logtest I just ran like this ./ossec-logtest? How

The easiest way is to pipe the log file through logtest:
cat /path/to/logfile | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-logtest

Use zcat if the logfile is compressed. If you want to redirect the
output to a file, use this:
cat /path/to/logfile | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-logtest > /path/to/file 2>&1


> about the syscheck how to run it? What will both of this script eventually

By default, syscheck will run when OSSEC starts.

> be doing? Do I need to run the rootcheck ?
>

Same as syscheck I believe.

> On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 9:38:07 PM UTC+8, dan (ddpbsd) wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:36 AM, frwa onto <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >         I just rebuild and install ossec on my centos 6.4 machine. So
>> > what
>> > is the next step be done as this is any existing machine and I want to
>> > check
>> > for any previous intrusion? I also want to get alerts on updates on my
>> > local
>> > files or any new files created? I am sorry very new to it.
>> >
>>
>> You can use ossec-logtest to check old log files, and syscheck has a
>> default configuration that can cover most needs. If you have custom
>> locations that must be monitored, you should add them to the
>> ossec.conf in the syscheck section.
>>
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