Linux Firewalls, Third Edition

Configuring AIDE

AIDE, like many other Linux applications, operates using a configuration file. The configuration file is text-based and contains information that the program uses to determine the characteristics it will use when it runs. The first time you run AIDE you'll create and initialize the database that will be used for future checks of the filesystem's integrity. That database is then manually checked over for sanity, and you'll run an update process that will be used from then on to look for changes that occur on the filesystem.

Creating an AIDE Configuration File

After AIDE has been installed, the first thing you'll want to do is create a configuration file. Unlike most other software in Linux, AIDE doesn't include a default configuration ...