[Aide] WARNING: Old db contains a entry that shouldn't be there, run --init or --update

[vince at vheuser.com]

On 2020/02/25 15:23 PM, Hannes von Haugwitz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 08:32:28PM -0500, vince at vheuser.com wrote:
>> I've search several times and read dozens of posts
>> from people asking newbies to post their config.
>>
>> What I have not found is the means of troubleshooting this problem.
>> How does one find the "entry that shouldn't be there?"
>>
>> Here's the most detailed discussion I found:
>> https://alioth-lists-archive.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-aide-maintainers/2014-September/002196.html
>>
>> There seem to be no posts out there describing what to check.
>> Is this a bug or how does on find the problem?
> The message basically means that there are entries in the database with
> no matching rule in the configuration file(s). A reinitialization of the
> database logically would help here, as the entries wouldn't be re-added
> due to the missing matching rule.
>
> Currently I'm rewriting the report and logging code of AIDE and I plan
> to also improve the handling of the above situation.
>
> Best regards
>
> Hannes
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Thanks, Hannes.
Despite having reinitialized the database many times now, I still get this error.
I have a set of scripts that create the rules based on the current state of things on the 
server.
Obviously, one of the scripts is inserting something incorrectly.
How do I find the specific rule that is causing the problem?

Vince