Okay thanks. When you run --update it doesn't reflect changes to the conf file right just the differences in database? So for example if i use init mode, run a check and then change the conf file and run a check again will it be conparing the new conf file or the old one. Thanks.
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Richard van den Berg <rich...@vdberg.org>wrote: > On 08-09-13 10:10, Mason Nakadomari wrote: > > > > Hi I wanted to clear up my confusion about how aide works. Does the > > aide --check command work if there is no aide.conf. when a check is > > run then it won't run right? > > > > If there is no config file, aide does not know which files to scan with > which rules. Also, a database is needed to check against. Aide --init > creates the initial database from a given config file. > > > Also I just wanted to check that the aide check doesn't update the > > conf every time a check happens. I believe that it only updates the > > conf file on the database after an aide --init. I just wanted to > > check. Thanks. > > > > When aide is run in update mode (--update) the database is updated, and > the changes with the old database reported. The config file is never > automatically updates. > > Kind regards, > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > Aide mailing list > Aide@cs.tut.fi > https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/aide >
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