Dear DAn,
               Sorry I will limit my question.
1. How to manually update the rules?
2. Here I dont see any rules.IT does not state what rule 

> 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector: INFO: Started (pid: 5972). 
> 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-analysisd(1210): ERROR: Queue 
'/queue/alerts/ar' 
> not accessible: 'Connection refused'. 
> 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-analysisd(1301): ERROR: Unable to connect to 
> active response queue. 

Isnt active response a key for ossec? How to enable it and what is does?

Thank you very much.



On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:12:09 PM UTC+8, dan (ddpbsd) wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:03 PM, frwa onto <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
> > Dear Dan, 
> >               Yes I went into the ossec.log and saw like below. I got 
> few 
> > things to ask here first I saw it say 1229 total rules enabled. Will the 
> > rules increase by itself or need manual intervention ? Why some are 
> showing 
>
> You will have to update the rules manually (for now). 
>
> > as errors? Another error is this one Queue '/queue/alerts/ar' not 
>
> What rules are showing up as errors? 
>
> > accessible: 'Connection refused'.? 
>
> Are you using active response? If not, ignore. 
>
> > 
> > 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:10 ossec-monitord: INFO: Started (pid: 5986). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/messages'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1103): ERROR: Unable to open file 
> > '/var/log/authlog'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/authlog'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/secure'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1103): ERROR: Unable to open file 
> > '/var/log/xferlog'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/xferlog'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/maillog'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1103): ERROR: Unable to open file 
> > '/var/www/logs/access_log'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/www/logs/access_log'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1103): ERROR: Unable to open file 
> > '/var/www/logs/error_log'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/www/logs/error_log'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-logcollector: INFO: Started (pid: 5972). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-analysisd(1210): ERROR: Queue 
> '/queue/alerts/ar' 
> > not accessible: 'Connection refused'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-analysisd(1301): ERROR: Unable to connect to 
> > active response queue. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:15 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Connected to 
> > '/queue/alerts/execq' (exec queue) 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:16 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Started (pid: 5982). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:16 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Started (pid: 5982). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:16 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Monitoring directory: '/etc'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:16 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Monitoring directory: 
> '/usr/bin'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:16 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Monitoring directory: 
> > '/usr/sbin'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:16 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Monitoring directory: '/bin'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:12:16 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Monitoring directory: 
> '/sbin'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:14:10 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Starting syscheck scan 
> > (forwarding database). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:14:10 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Starting syscheck database 
> > (pre-scan). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:14:25 ossec-logcollector(1904): INFO: File not available, 
> > ignoring it: '/var/log/authlog'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:14:25 ossec-logcollector(1904): INFO: File not available, 
> > ignoring it: '/var/log/xferlog'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:14:25 ossec-logcollector(1904): INFO: File not available, 
> > ignoring it: '/var/www/logs/access_log'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:14:25 ossec-logcollector(1904): INFO: File not available, 
> > ignoring it: '/var/www/logs/error_log'. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:20:13 ossec-testrule: INFO: Reading local decoder file. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:20:13 ossec-testrule: INFO: Started (pid: 6010). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:20:14 ossec-remoted: INFO: Started (pid: 6064). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:26:10 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Finished creating syscheck 
> > database (pre-scan completed). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:26:24 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Ending syscheck scan 
> (forwarding 
> > database). 
> > 2013/08/31 15:27:04 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Starting rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/08/31 15:31:02 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Ending rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/08/31 16:47:07 ossec-execd: INFO: Active response command not 
> present: 
> > '/var/ossec/active-response/bin/restart-ossec.cmd'. Not using it on this 
> > system. 
> > 2013/09/01 00:00:30 ossec-monitord: No previous md5 checksum found: 
> > '/logs/archives/2013/Aug/ossec-archive-30.log.sum'. Starting over. 
> > 2013/09/01 00:00:30 ossec-monitord: No previous sha1 checksum found: 
> > '/logs/archives/2013/Aug/ossec-archive-30.log.sum'. Starting over. 
> > 2013/09/01 00:00:30 ossec-monitord: No previous md5 checksum found: 
> > '/logs/alerts/2013/Aug/ossec-alerts-30.log.sum'. Starting over. 
> > 2013/09/01 00:00:30 ossec-monitord: No previous sha1 checksum found: 
> > '/logs/alerts/2013/Aug/ossec-alerts-30.log.sum'. Starting over. 
> > 2013/09/01 00:00:30 ossec-monitord: No previous md5 checksum found: 
> > '/logs/firewall/2013/Aug/ossec-firewall-30.log.sum'. Starting over. 
> > 2013/09/01 00:00:30 ossec-monitord: No previous sha1 checksum found: 
> > '/logs/firewall/2013/Aug/ossec-firewall-30.log.sum'. Starting over. 
> > 2013/09/01 11:31:02 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Starting syscheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/01 11:43:25 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Ending syscheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/01 11:48:25 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Starting rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/01 11:51:57 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Ending rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:29:43 ossec-monitord(1225): INFO: SIGNAL Received. Exit 
> > Cleaning... 
> > 2013/09/01 21:29:43 ossec-logcollector(1225): INFO: SIGNAL Received. 
> Exit 
> > Cleaning... 
> > 2013/09/01 21:29:43 ossec-syscheckd(1225): INFO: SIGNAL Received. Exit 
> > Cleaning... 
> > 2013/09/01 21:29:43 ossec-analysisd(1225): INFO: SIGNAL Received. Exit 
> > Cleaning... 
> > 2013/09/01 21:29:43 ossec-execd(1314): INFO: Shutdown received. Deleting 
> > responses. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:29:43 ossec-execd(1225): INFO: SIGNAL Received. Exit 
> > Cleaning... 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:07 ossec-testrule: INFO: Reading local decoder file. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:07 ossec-testrule: INFO: Started (pid: 1246). 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 DEBUG: I am creating the SQLite table. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-execd: INFO: Started (pid: 1269). 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading local decoder file. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'rules_config.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'pam_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'sshd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'telnetd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'syslog_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'arpwatch_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'symantec-av_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'symantec-ws_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'pix_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'named_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'smbd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'vsftpd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'pure-ftpd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'proftpd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'ms_ftpd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'ftpd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'hordeimp_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'roundcube_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'wordpress_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'cimserver_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'vpopmail_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'vmpop3d_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'courier_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'web_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'web_appsec_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'apache_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'nginx_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'php_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'mysql_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'postgresql_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'ids_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'squid_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'firewall_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'cisco-ios_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'netscreenfw_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'sonicwall_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'postfix_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'sendmail_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'imapd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'mailscanner_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'dovecot_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'ms-exchange_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'racoon_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'vpn_concentrator_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'spamd_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'msauth_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'mcafee_av_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'trend-osce_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'ms-se_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'zeus_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'solaris_bsm_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'vmware_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'ms_dhcp_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'asterisk_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'ossec_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'attack_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Reading rules file: 
> > 'local_rules.xml' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Total rules enabled: '1229' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Ignoring file: '/etc/mtab' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Ignoring file: 
> '/etc/hosts.deny' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Ignoring file: 
> > '/etc/mail/statistics' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Ignoring file: 
> '/etc/random-seed' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Ignoring file: '/etc/adjtime' 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:08 ossec-analysisd: INFO: Ignoring file: 
> '/etc/httpd/logs' 
> > 
> > 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/messages'. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-logcollector(1103): ERROR: Unable to open file 
> > '/var/log/authlog'. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/authlog'. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/secure'. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-logcollector(1103): ERROR: Unable to open file 
> > '/var/log/xferlog'. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/xferlog'. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-logcollector(1950): INFO: Analyzing file: 
> > '/var/log/maillog'. 
> > 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-analysisd(1210): ERROR: Queue 
> '/queue/alerts/ar' 
> > not accessible: 'Connection refused'. 
> > 2013/09/01 21:32:14 ossec-analysisd(1301): ERROR: Unable to connect to 
> > active response queue. 
> > 
> > 2013/09/06 03:18:42 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Starting rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/06 03:22:50 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Ending rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/06 16:33:13 ossec-testrule: INFO: Reading local decoder file. 
> > 2013/09/06 16:33:13 ossec-testrule: INFO: Started (pid: 10245). 
> > 2013/09/06 16:33:31 ossec-testrule: INFO: Reading local decoder file. 
> > 2013/09/06 16:33:31 ossec-testrule: INFO: Started (pid: 10248). 
> > 2013/09/06 16:34:01 ossec-testrule: INFO: Reading local decoder file. 
> > 2013/09/06 16:34:01 ossec-testrule: INFO: Started (pid: 10250). 
> > 2013/09/06 23:17:50 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Starting syscheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/06 23:30:42 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Ending syscheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/06 23:35:42 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Starting rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/06 23:39:49 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Ending rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/07 19:34:49 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Starting syscheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/07 19:47:41 ossec-syscheckd: INFO: Ending syscheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/07 19:52:41 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Starting rootcheck scan. 
> > 2013/09/07 19:56:47 ossec-rootcheck: INFO: Ending rootcheck scan. 
> > 
> > The rootcheck runs by itself is it automatically? 
> > 
>
> Looks like it. 
>
> > 
> > NExt I went into  alerts.log. So will all this be alerted via email or 
> only 
> > some alerts? 
> > 
>
> Some alerts will trigger emails, some will not. You can customize a lot of 
> that. 
>
> > Saw this. 
> > 
> > ** Alert 1378572677.0: - syslog,sshd,authentication_success, 
> > 2013 Sep 08 00:51:17 capture->/var/log/secure 
> > Rule: 5715 (level 3) -> 'SSHD authentication success.' 
> > Src IP: 60.50.38.78 
> > User: root 
> > Sep  8 00:51:17 capture sshd[11987]: Accepted password for root from 
> > **.**.**.78 port 3516 ssh2 
> > 
> > ** Alert 1378572679.290: - pam,syslog,authentication_success, 
> > 2013 Sep 08 00:51:19 capture->/var/log/secure 
> > Rule: 5501 (level 3) -> 'Login session opened.' 
> > Sep  8 00:51:17 capture sshd[11987]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session 
> opened 
> > for user root by (uid=0) 
> > 
> > ** Alert 1378572745.548: - syslog,sshd,authentication_success, 
> > 2013 Sep 08 00:52:25 capture->/var/log/secure 
> > Rule: 5715 (level 3) -> 'SSHD authentication success.' 
> > Src IP: 60.50.38.78 
> > User: root 
> > Sep  8 00:52:24 capture sshd[11985]: Accepted password for root from 
> > **.**.**.78 port 3512 ssh2 
> > 
> > ** Alert 1378572745.840: - pam,syslog,authentication_success, 
> > 2013 Sep 08 00:52:25 capture->/var/log/secure 
> > Rule: 5501 (level 3) -> 'Login session opened.' 
> > Sep  8 00:52:25 capture sshd[11985]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session 
> opened 
> > for user root by (uid=0) 
> > 
> > 
> > Another thing this process zcat /var/log/*.gz | 
> /var/ossec/bin/ossec-logtest 
> > basically what are we going to look out from here? 
> > 
>
> That will provide some alerts. In fact, the "-a" flag to ossec-logtest 
> should provide alerts very similar to what is in alerts.log. 
>
> Other than that, this question is too broad for me to answer. 
>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Friday, September 6, 2013 11:14:40 PM UTC+8, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
> >> 
> >> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 4:51 AM, frwa onto <[email protected]> wrote: 
> >> > Dear Dan, 
> >> >               I know your option you gave is just for single file. I 
> >> > Want to 
> >> > do the whole of /var/log how to go about with that  which I think 
> that 
> >> > is 
> >> > what ossec-logtest does right. 
> >> > I know neither of this does now work.. 
> >> > cat /var/log | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-logtest  > 
> /usr/local/ossetest.txt 
> >> > 2>&1 
> >> > cat: /var/log: Is a directory 
> >> > [root@capture var]# zcat /var/log | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-logtest  > 
> >> > /usr/local/ossetest.txt 2>&1 
> >> > gzip: /var/log is a directory -- ignored 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> You're running this on a linux or unix-like system, use the tools 
> >> available. 
> >> zcat /var/log/*.gz | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-logtest 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > How to confirm that syscheck is running. Normally where and what are 
> the 
> >> > logfiles of ossec for us to to view or look?. Thank you. Sorry very 
> new 
> >> > to 
> >> > this tool. 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> /var/ossec/logs/ossec.log contains information like when syscheck runs. 
> >> /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log has alert information. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > On Thursday, September 5, 2013 9:25:13 PM UTC+8, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
> >> >> 
> >> >> 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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