[Aide] Can't read database file

[Marc Haber]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 02:17:03PM -0400, Jesse wrote:
> Hi, I'm running Aide on RHEL5, and I'm trying to make my own config file. I
> wipe out all the default directories and add my own three. I've added my
> aide_web.conf file below, which I'm using in place of aide.conf. Everything
> works fine, I can initialize my directory just fine, but when I try and
> update my directory so that I can compare and see what has changed, I am
> told that I do not have permission to open my database file.

What does strace on the aide process say?

>  This happens when I run aide through sudo, when I run aide through
>  sudo -i, when I chmod 777 the database file, everything. Is there
>  something I'm not doing correctly?

Never ever chmod 777 a file for debugging purposes.

Greetings
Marc

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