On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Colin Bruce <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Dan,
>
> I am pretty sure I know what is wrong. We don't put compilers on production 
> servers so I've built it on a development server, created a package to 
> install it and copied that to the production server. Now, my guess is that 
> the name of the server where it was built is built into the system and it 
> uses that when coding or decoding the key.
>

Where in the code do you see that? I haven't looked at that area of
the tree very much.

> What I wonder is can it be built on one server and run on another. Obviously 
> the agent can but what about the server?
>

Never tried it.

> Best wishes....
> Colin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of dan (ddp)
> Sent: 21 November 2014 17:40
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Cant Get it Working
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Colin Bruce <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear Dan,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I get a lot of information in the logs now and 
>> when I start one of the clients I get this in the file:
>>
>> ossec-remoted(1403): ERROR: Incorrectly formatted message from 
>> '192.168.30.221'.
>>
>> It is repeated many times. That is the address of the client. I have created 
>> key on the server using that address and installed it on the client. If fact 
>> I just did it again just to be sure.
>>
>
> So it seems like something is wrong with the key. I haven't really seen any 
> complaints about this not working for anyone else. What SSH client/terminal 
> are you using? Perhaps you can visually compare the keys on the manager and 
> the agent. Also make sure the manager's ossec processes stopped. Stop them, 
> make sure they're stopped (`ps auxww | grep ossec` should probably be 
> enough), then start them again. I've seen that be the issue in the past.
>
>> Best wishes....
>> Colin
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>> On Behalf Of dan (ddp)
>> Sent: 21 November 2014 16:22
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Cant Get it Working
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Colin Bruce <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>> Dear Dan,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply. Sadly the answer to each of your questions is
>>> yes. I just double checked to make sure.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Does the manager respond to the packets?
>> Try turning debug on on the manager (`/var/ossec/bin/ossec-control enable 
>> debug && /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control restart`), and check the logs for more 
>> information.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> As a last attempt I am going to delete everything and start again.
>>> After that I think I'll give up.
>>>
>> Good luck
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best wishes...
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of dan (ddp)
>>> Sent: 21 November 2014 16:00
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Cant Get it Working
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 21, 2014 10:46 AM, "Colin Bruce" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been trying to get this to work for a couple of months now
>>>> and have got absolutely nowhere. I see lots of people with questions
>>>> which suggests that they have it running. I just don't understand
>>>> what I am doing wrong,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've started again untarred the file ossec-hids-2.8.1.tar.gz, run
>>>> install.sh using all the defaults and whe I run it I do get a
>>>> notification by e-mail that it has started. However, the log file includes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why is the socket not available? Surely if it is required it should
>>>> either be in the install.sh or documented somewhere.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've installed two agents - one on a windows server and one on a
>>>> Linux server. Neither of them connect to the ossec server. On both I get 
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The log on the ossec server shows absolutely no attempt to connect
>>>> from anywhere. It just ignores everything. All the servers are on
>>>> the same network 192.168.30.0/24 and I've given them keys. There is
>>>> no firewall of any kind between the servers and all other communications 
>>>> works fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is an absolutely out of the box install with no configuration
>>>> other than what install.sh does and it doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any idea what is wrong or even where to look.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is ossec-remoted working?
>>> Are udp packets making it to the manager?
>>> Are the keys and ips for the agents unique?
>>> Did you restart the manager's ossec processes after adding the agents?
>>> Are you sure you gave each agent the correct key?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes....
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
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