On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:57 AM, James Whittington <[email protected]> wrote: > Without passing judgment on what a Windows administrator should and > shouldn't be able to do I would I would submit that the average OSSEC user > would not be reliant on a GUI interface. > > If you have managed to get a linux box up and installed packages to compile > OSSEC I wouldn't think not have a GUI on the Windows box should be a huge > deal as long as OSSEC continues to behave like a windows app in other ways > (running as a windows service, installing and uninstalling cleanly). > > Also the Windows Agent Installation section of the docs > (http://ossec-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/manual/installation/installatio > n-windows.html ) it is blank so you would need to give more guidance on how > to configure the OSSEC agent. >
It's awaiting help from someone with a Windows system and the time/desire to contribute > James Whittington > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of dan (ddp) > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do > you think? > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Michael Starks > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2014-09-17 10:15, James M. Pulver wrote: >>> >>> If you're a Windows admin who's afraid of the command line, I doubt >>> you'll be one for long. Doubly so if you can't do scripting... >> >> >> Maybe so, but why make someone's job more difficult? I think his point >> is that in the Windows world, a configuration GUI is customary. What >> takes more >> time: firing up a command line and figuring out which utilities to run >> with which arguments, or firing up a GUI where it is self-evident? The >> question >> is: does taking away the GUI add or remove value and will it make >> someone's job more or less difficult? >> > > Please keep in mind the time and effort spent by the volunteers working on > OSSEC. > >> >> -- >> >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "ossec-list" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ossec-list" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ossec-list" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
