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NAME

       aide.conf  -  The  configuration  file for Advanced Intrusion Detection
       Environment

SYNOPSIS

       aide.conf is the configuration file for  Advanced  Intrusion  Detection
       Environment.  aide.conf contains the runtime configuration aide uses to
       initiailize or check the aide database.

FILE FORMAT

       aide.conf is similar in  to  Tripwire(tm)'s  configuration  file.  With
       little effort tw.conf can be converted to aide.conf.

       aide.conf  is  case-sensitive.  Leading  and  trailing  whitespaces are
       ignored.

       There are three types of  lines  in  aide.conf.  First  there  are  the
       configuration  lines which are used to set configuration parameters and
       define/undefine variables. Second, there are selection lines  that  are
       used  to  indicate  which files are added to the database. Third, macro
       lines define or  undefine  variables  within  the  config  file.  Lines
       beginning with # are ignored as comments.

CONFIG LINES

       These  lines  have  the  format parameter=value. See URLS for a list of
       valid urls.

       database
              The url from which database is read. There can only  be  one  of
              these lines. If there are multiple database lines then the first
              is used.   There  is  no  valid  default  value  in  the  Debian
              packages!

       database_out
              The  url to which the new database is written to. There can only
              be one of these lines. If there are multiple database_out  lines
              then  the  first is used. There is no valid default value in the
              Debian packages!

       database_new
              The url from which the other database  for  --compare  is  read.
              There is no default for this one.

       verbose
              The  level  of  messages that is output. This value can be 0-255
              inclusive. This parameter can only be given once. Value from the
              first  occurence  is  used.  If --verbose or -V is used then the
              value from that is used. The default is 5. If  verbosity  is  20
              then  additional  report  output  is written when doing --check,
              --update or --compare.

       report_url
              The url that the output is written to.  There  can  be  multiple
              instances  of  this parameter. Output is written to all of them.
              The default is stdout.

       gzip_dbout
              Whether the output to the database  is  gzipped  or  not.  Valid
              values are yes,true,no and false. The default is no. This option
              is available only if zlib support is compiled in.

       acl_no_symlink_follow
              Whether to check ACLs for symlinks  or  not.  Valid  values  are
              yes,true,no  and  false. The default is to follow symlinks. This
              option is available only if acl support is compiled in.

       warn_dead_symlinks
              Whether to warn about dead symlinks or  not.  Valid  values  are
              yes,true,no  and  false.  The  default is not to warn about dead
              symlinks.

       summarize_changes
              Whether to summarize changes in the added, removed  and  changed
              files   sections   of  the  report  or  not.  Valid  values  are
              yes,true,no and false.  The default  is  not  to  summarize  the
              changes.

              The  general format is like the string YlZbpugamcinCAXS, where Y
              is replaced by the file-type (f for a  regular  file,  d  for  a
              directory,  L  for  a symbolic link, D for a character device, B
              for a block device, F for a FIFO, s for a unix socket, |  for  a
              Solaris door and ? otherwise).

              The  Z  is  replaced as follows: A = means that the size has not
              changed, a < reports a shrinked size and a  >  reports  a  grown
              size.

              The other letters in the string are the actual letters that will
              be output if the associated attribute  for  the  item  has  been
              changed  or a "." for no change, a "+" if the attribute has been
              added, a "-" if it has been removed, a ":" if the  attribute  is
              listed  in  ignore_list  or  a " " if the attribute has not been
              checked. The exceptions to this are: (1) a  newly  created  file
              replaces each letter with a "+", and (2) a removed file replaces
              each letter with a "-".

              The attribute that is associated with each letter is as follows:

              o      A l means that the link name has changed.

              o      A b means that the block count has changed.

              o      A p means that the permissions have changed.

              o      An u means that the uid has changed.

              o      A g means that the gid has changed.

              o      An a means that the access time has changed.

              o      A m means that the modification time has changed.

              o      A c means that the change time has changed.

              o      An i means that the inode has changed.

              o      A n means that the link count has changed.

              o      A C means that one or more checksums have changed.

              o      A A means that the access control list has changed.

              o      A X means that the extended attributes have changed.

              o      A S means that the SELinux attributes have changed.

       report_attributes
              Special  group definition that lists parameters which are always
              printed in the final report for changed files.

       ignore_list
              Special group definition that lists parameters which are  to  be
              ignored from the final report.

       config_version
              The  value  of  config_version is printed in the report and also
              printed to the database.  This  is  for  informational  purposes
              only. It has no other functionality.

       Group definitions
              If  the  parameter is not one of the previous parameters then it
              is regarded as a group definition. Value is then regarded as  an
              expression. Expression is of the following form.

                  <predefined group>| <expr> + <predefined group>
                                    | <expr> - <predifined group>

              See  DEFAULT  GROUPS  for  an  explanation of default predefined
              groups.  Note that this is different from the  way  Tripwire(tm)
              does it.

              There   is   also  a  special  group  named  "ignore_list".  The
              predefined -groups listed in it are NOT displayed in  the  final
              report.

SELECTION LINES

       aide  supports  three  types  of  selection  lines  (regular, negative,
       equals) Lines beginning with "/" are  regular  selection  lines.  Lines
       beginning with "=" are equals selection lines. And lines beginning with
       "!"  are negative selection  lines.  The  string  following  the  first
       character  is  taken  as  a  regular  expression matching to a complete
       filename, including the path. In a regular selection rule  the  "/"  is
       included   in  the  regular  expression.  Special  characters  in  your
       filenames can be escaped using two-digit URL encoding (for example, %20
       to  represent  a  space).   Following the regular expression is a group
       definition as explained above.   See  EXAMPLES  and  doc/aide.conf  for
       examples.

       More in-depth discussion of the selection algorithm can be found in the
       aide manual.

MACRO LINES

       @@define VAR val
              Define variable VAR to value val.

       @@undef VAR
              Undefine variable VAR.

       @@ifdef VAR, @@ifndef VAR
              @@ifdef begins an if statement. It must be  terminated  with  an
              @@endif  statement.  The  lines  between @@ifdef and @@endif are
              used if variable VAR is defined. If there is an @@else statement
              then  the  part  between  @@ifdef  and  @@else is used is VAR is
              defined otherwise the part between @@else and @@endif  is  used.
              @@ifndef  reverses  the logic of @@ifdef statement but otherwise
              works similarly.

       @@ifhost hostname, @@ifnhost hostname
              @@ifhost works like @@ifdef only difference is  that  it  checks
              whether  hostname  equals  the  name  of  the  host that aide is
              running on.  hostname is  the  name  of  the  host  without  the
              domainname (hostname, not hostname.aide.org).

       @@{VAR}
              @@{VAR}  is  replaced  with  the  value of the variable VAR.  If
              variable VAR is not defined an  empty  string  is  used.  Unlike
              Tripwire(tm)   @@VAR  is  NOT  supported.  One  special  VAR  is
              @@{HOSTNAME} which  is  substituted  for  the  hostname  of  the
              current system.

       @@else Begins the else part of an if statement.

       @@endif
              Ends an if statement.

       @@include VAR
              Includes  the file VAR. The content of the file is used as if it
              were inserted in this part of the config file.

URLS

       Urls can be one of the following. Input urls cannot be used as  outputs
       and vice versa.

       stdout

       stderr Output is sent to stdout,stderr respectively.

       stdin  Input is read from stdin.

       file://filename
              Input is read from filename or output is written to filename.

       fd:number
              Input is read from filedescriptor number or output is written to
              number.

DEFAULT GROUPS

       p:   permissions

       i:   inode

       l:   link name

       n:   number of links

       u:   user

       g:   group

       s:   size

       b:   block count

       m:   mtime

       a:   atime

       c:   ctime

       S:   check for growing size

       I:   ignore changed filename

       ANF: allow new files

       ARF: allow removed files

       md5: md5 checksum

       sha1: sha1 checksum

       sha256: sha256 checksum

       sha512: sha512 checksum

       rmd160: rmd160 checksum

       tiger: tiger checksum

       haval: haval checksum

       crc32:    crc32 checksum

       R:   p+i+l+n+u+g+s+m+c+md5

       L:   p+i+l+n+u+g

       E:   Empty group

       >:   Growing logfile p+l+u+g+i+n+S

       And also the following if you have mhash support enabled

       gost: gost checksum

       whirlpool: whirlpool checksum

       The followingg is available when explicitly enabled using configure

       acl: access control list

       selinux: selinux attributes

       xattrs: extended attributes

       Please note that 'I' and 'c' are incompatible. When the name of a  file
       is  changed, it's ctime is updated as well. When you put 'c' and 'I' in
       the same rule the, a changed ctime is silently ignored.

       When 'ANF' is used, new files are added to the new  database,  but  are
       ignored in the report.

       When  'ARF'  is  used,  files  missing on disk are omitted from the new
       database, but are ignored in the report.

EXAMPLES

              /    R

       This adds all files on your machine to the database. This is  one  line
       is a fully qualified configuration file.

              !/dev

       This ignores the /dev directory structure.

              =/tmp

       Only /tmp is taken into the database. None of its children are added.

              All=p+i+n+u+g+s+m+c+a+md5+sha1+tiger+rmd160

       This  line defines group All. It has all attributes and all md checksum
       functions. If you absolutely want all digest functions then you  should
       enable  mhash  support  and  add  +crc32+haval+gost  to  the end of the
       definition for All. Mhash support can only be enabled at  compile-time.

HINTS

              =/foo p+i+l+n+u+g+s+m+c+md5

              /foo/bar p+i+l+n+u+g+s+m+c+md5

       This config adds all files under /foo because they match to regex /foo,
       which is equivalent to /foo.* . What you probably want is:

              =/foo$ p+i+l+n+u+g+s+m+c+md5

              /foo/bar p+i+l+n+u+g+s+m+c+md5

       Note that the following still works as  expected  because  =/foo$  stop
       recuring of directory /foo.

              =/foo p+i+l+n+u+g+s+m+c+md5

       In  the  following,  the  first  is not allowed in AIDE. Use the latter
       instead.

              /foo epug

              /foo e+p+u+g

SEE ALSO

       aide(1) http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide/manual.html

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