You are installing the installation package with a root like user correct ?
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12:30:29 PM UTC-4, Alexandre Laquerre wrote: > > 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.
