On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Patrick S <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply, Dan.  I was under the impression that the server
> generated the hashes, through one of these agentless types.
>
> ssh_integrity_check_bsd
> ssh_integrity_check_linux
> ssh_generic_diff
> ssh_pixconfig_diff
>

It probably depends on which one you choose. I can't imagine the linux
or bsd scripts transferring every file you've configured to be checked
to the manager. I could be wrong, I haven't looked at the scripts
much.

> The docs state that ssh authentication details for the host are required.
> Doesn't a machine doing the work go against what agentless appears to be?
> My understanding was that nothing was installed?
>

The scripts are supposed to use what is already installed on the system, so no?

> Hmm I seem to have inadvertently also answered my question, as I didn't
> provide any SSH authentication details for the agent based monitoring.
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 1:29:29 PM UTC+1, dan (ddpbsd) wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Patrick S <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I understand that in agentless monitoring the server takes the baseline
>> > of
>> > files, but what about when an agent is installed on a machine - does the
>> > agent take the baseline or does the server?
>> >
>>
>> The agent generates the hashes of the files on the system and sends
>> that information to the manager. I believe it works the same way for
>> agentless.
>>
>> > Many thanks,
>> > Patrick
>> >
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