Re: Tripwire Help

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Richard wrote:

> /var/adm/tripwire/bin/tripwire -init from root and what came back
> was...
> ### Phase 1: Reading configuration file
> tripwire: Couldn't open config file ' /var/adm/tripwire/tw.config' :
> No such file or directory.
> I've had a look with the KDE file manager and it's definitely there.
> So... what do I do now ? Howtos and FAQs don't look good :-(

Assuming the flag is correct (isn't it -initialize ? Does it matter?!),
then the file can't be there. . . it's definitely in the right case
everything? Did you directly cut paste that error message? Did you
compile it yourself? And is it version 2?

> Last year when I was using SuSE 5.3 I found loads of info on the
> internet about Tripwire. This year there's not much going around at
> all (or nothing).

Aren't there security concerns with it or something? I remember something
about it ages ago dumping cores all the time or something.. .

> My little Linux PC has been under attack from the internet before
> now. I'd like to improve the security of my system, possibly with a
> bit of help from someone else ?

Security is always one of the hardest things to do. I've heard good stuff
about satan though, might be a good start . .. .

> Think I'll open an ice cool tin of beer :-) (it's a bit warm
> outside)

Tell me about it. . .

;)

Cheers,

Alex.

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