Correct owner and permissions for the directory /var/ossec/

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Luiz Farah

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Jun 10, 2026, 3:59:01 PM (2 days ago) Jun 10
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Hi everyone, good afternoon.

I made a mistake and changed the Owner and permissions of the directory
/var/ossec/.

Could someone tell me what the correct settings are?

I'm using Ubuntu and I did the installation from here: https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/installation-guide/index.html

Everything is on the same server. Thanks!!!

Olamilekan Abdullateef Ajani

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Jun 10, 2026, 4:14:05 PM (2 days ago) Jun 10
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Hello Farah,

The ossec folder permissions contain ownership of root:wazuh with mod 750. Please see attached for reference.

chmod 750 /var/ossec
chown root:wazuh /var/ossec

Regards,

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