[Aide] Config file on aide check

[Mason Nakadomari]

Thanks Richard do you reommend always running AIDE in init mode to update
changes to the conf file or is AIDE in update mode sufficient thanks.


On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Richard van den Berg <richard at vdberg.org>wrote:

> On 8-9-13 14:22 , Mason Nakadomari wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Aide does not compare config files, but databases. It always uses the
> latest config file. Also, aide --init does not update the database but
> writes a new one. You manually need to make the new database the current
> database after you have verified the changes that aide detected.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Richard
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