Steven J. Yellin wrote: > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Shane C Branch wrote: > > >>My root account has on the order of 300 email messages all regarding an >>error with tripwire. The error tells me to run >>/etc/tripwire/twinstall.sh and/or tripwire --init. >> >>My first question is what does tripwire do? It appears to have something >>to do with data protection, yes? Do I need it, and if I don't, how to I >>stop it from generating the error message >>... > > The message probably comes from /etc/cron.daily/tripwire-check. But > with 300 email messages, maybe your computer has been checking more often > than once daily. So if you don't find it in cron.daily, look in > /etc/cron.hourly. To stop generating the error message, either do what > the message advises or move tripwire-check into, say, /root, where it will > not be used unless you execute it yourself. Later, if you change your mind > and do want to use tripwire, you can move tripwire-check back to > /etc/cron.daily. >
Thank you. I suspected there might be some cron involvement, but I couldn't remember how that stuff worked. -- Regards, Shane _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
