On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Abhi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to monitor all files of type *.trg to make sure we get alert each
> time integrity of any such file change within a particular directory.
> For using a wild card like *.trg, should I be using a <localfile> tag, or a
> <directory>?
>
> When I am using a localfile tag, OSSEC prints following two messages:
>
> ERROR "unable to open file C:\ Path\*.trg
> INFO: File not available, ignoring it: C:\ Path \*.trg"
>

localfiles is for log files to be monitored.

> and when used with the directory tag, it says "WARN: Error opening
> directory: 'C:\Path\*.trg"
>
> We only want to monitor files of type "trg". Other files in that directory
> don't need integrity monitoring.
>

I can't remember if globbing works on Windows or not (I might be
thinking of localfiles), but restrict should work.
Try something like:
<directories check_all="yes" restrict=".trg">C:/path</directories>

> Please advise.
>
> Thanks
>
> ~Abhi
>
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