hmm after a bit of searching, i found the following details in a previous post from April
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ossec-list/HFKG8wxO8Ow The suggestion in that post was to create a user in order to solve the issue. It is as if the user is the user ossec is the default user for Ossec and without it, it will not install. On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12:09:27 PM UTC-4, Paul wrote: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 206422 Nov 12 21:11 > /var/cache/apt/archives/ossec-hids-agent_2.8.3-3trusty_amd64.deb > > Also, if it matters, I did the apt-get as root. > > > > On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 11:58:31 AM UTC-4, Alexandre Laquerre wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> when you do a ls -la on the installation file what permissions do you see >> ? >> >> cheers, >> On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 11:55:37 AM UTC-4, Paul wrote: >>> >>> I am attempting to install the package ossec-hids-agent onto Ubuntu >>> 14.04.4. >>> I am using the source, deb http://ossec.wazuh.com/repos/apt/ubuntu >>> trusty main >>> >>> While installing it is kicking the error >>> Setting up ossec-hids-agent (2.8.3-3trusty) ... >>> chown: invalid user: ‘ossec:ossec’ >>> dpkg: error processing package ossec-hids-agent (--configure): >>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit >>> status 1 >>> >>> When I look at /etc/passwd I do not see an entry for ossec; and I could >>> not find any documentation stating I needed to create one when dealing with >>> the repository. >>> >>> Am I missing something? >>> >>> Thank you for any help >>> >> -- --- 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.
