[Aide] File type attribute

[Pete J. O'Hara]

>>Hi,
>>I am a newb and have searched around and it seems that AIDE doesn't
>>distinguish the file "type" attribute. In the manual "The Aide database
>>stores various file attributes including: permissions, inode number,
>>user, group, file size, mtime and ctime, atime, growing size and number
>>of links." Am I wrong in thing that file "type" isn't recognized?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Pete
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>I don't think it is.  I'm relatively new to AIDE as well, but it seems
>to me that file "type" isn't pertinent to AIDE's goals.  The way I see
>it, AIDE is designed to verify the integrity of the files on your
>filesystem, no matter what type of files they are.
>
>- --
>gentux
>
Thanks for the response. I know Tripwire looks at file "types" and since 
I am looking to this as a replacement I was curious. But I see your 
point regarding pertinence. I guess with all of the other attributes 
file type isn't too important.

Pete