Security Agent for UNIX 7.6.4 includes new certified platforms and software fixes. Many of these improvements were made in direct response to suggestions from our customers. We thank you for your time and valuable input. We hope you continue to help us ensure that our products meet all your needs. You can post feedback on Micro Focus Communities, our online community that also includes product information, blogs, and links to helpful resources.
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The following issue is fixed in this release.
Issue: Deploying certain rule sets failed with errors due to which Sentinel does not receive events.
Fix: This issue is now resolved.
For detailed information about hardware requirements, supported operating systems and browsers, see the System Requirements for Security Agent for UNIX 7.6.4.
Micro Focus strives to ensure our products provide quality solutions for your enterprise software needs. The following issues are currently being researched. If you need further assistance with any issue, please contact Technical Support.
Issue: After rebooting the UNIX Agent Manager server, UNIX Agent Manager UI fails to open on Linux.
Workaround:
To restart the UNIX Agent Manager server, run the following script in the directory where the UNIX Agent Manager files are located, to restart the UNIX Agent Manager server: ./runserver.sh restart
Start UNIX Agent Manager: ./run.sh
Issue: After configuring Security Agent for UNIX, the agent fails to send events to the Sentinel server. This happens if the locale settings is incorrect.
Workaround: For information about the workaround, see Troubleshooting section in Security Agent for UNIX Guide.
Issue: The installation process does not support installing Security Agent for UNIX as a non-root user.
Workaround: None.
Issue: When the operating system is running in FIPS mode, UNIX Agent Manager (Linux and Windows) cannot deploy Security Agent for UNIX. It displays the following error:
SSH Install Failed - Session.connect: java.io.IOException: End of IO Stream ReadInstallation Failed - Session.connect: java.io.IOException: End of IO Stream Read.
Workaround: None.
Issue: The communication between Security Agent for UNIX 7.4 and UNIX Agent Manager 7.5.1 or later fails due to protocol mismatch.
Workaround: Upgrade Security Agent for UNIX 7.4 to 7.5 and then to 7.5.1 or later. For more information about upgrading to Security Agent for UNIX 7.5 and later, see Upgrading Agent Using UNIX Agent Manager.
Issue: File was deleted events are not generated when soft link for file is deleted.
Workaround: None.
Issue: If a rule set is associated with a BSM source, the rule set fails with an error message.
Workaround: Perform the steps mentioned in the Knowledge Base Article 7024386.
Issue: After installing UNIX Agent Manager in FIPS mode, you cannot log in to the UNIX Agent Manager server. This happens when uninstalling UNIX Agent Manager in non-FIPS mode does not clear the UNIX Agent Manager installation directory.
Workaround:
To resolve the issue:
Uninstalling the UNIX Agent Manager in non-FIPS mode.
Delete the UNIX Agent Manager installation directory.
Install UNIX Agent Manager in FIPS mode.
Issue: Uninstalling UNIX Agent Manager does not remove the following folders:
\NetIQ\UNIX Agent Manager\backup
\NetIQ\UNIX Agent Manager\patches
\NetIQ\UNIX Agent Manager\UAMDB
Workaround: Manually delete the folders.
After installing UAM enabling FIPS mode, while trying to launch UAM, after entering user name and password an error message is displayed.
Unable to establish a connection to UAM server. Error: Unrecognized server
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