NAME

dumpnet.aide.conf - the host-specific dumpnet.host.aide configuration file

DESCRIPTION

A dumpnet.aide.conf file is used to configure the module dumpnet.host.aide for a specific target host. It should be placed in a host configuration directory (a subdirectory of $DUMPNET_HOME/conf/) - see the CONFIGURATION section in dumpnet(8) for details.

The general format of this configuration file is specified in the section CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT in dumpnet(8).

This config file is primarily a simple aide configuration file - see aide.conf(1). Lines starting with `#' are comments. You can certainly use the ``option'' and ``extends'' statements - see the CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT section in dumpnet(8). dumpnet.host.aide will prepend the following lines to the configuration data sent to the STDIN of aide (without changing the original configuration file):

 database_out=stdout
 database=file:$master
 database_new=file:$dest
 report_url=stdout

Keep that in mind when writing your configuration file. A new database is created with a verbose level of 0 using the command option --verbose which overwrites the setting in the configuration file. The comparison of the old and the new database is done with whatever verbose level you choose in the configuration file.

Options you might want to set in dumpnet.aide.conf are:

aide

The location of the aide executable on the target host. This must be an absolute path as dumpnet.host.aide will copy the file to the dumpnet host and check its md5sum. Per default it is set to ``/usr/bin/aide''. If possible, place the executable on a valume with a physical write protection (like a CD-R).

dosudo

If set to ``true'' the aide command will be run using sudo on the target host. The default is ``false''. The location of the sudo command can be configured using the option sudo in dumpnet.HOST.conf(8).

cleanup_policy

The cleanup policy to apply for the created files. The MASTER file will always be kept - no matter what policy you define. Please see the CLEANUP section in dumpnet(8) for details.

aideDir

The name of the sub-directory where the database files are to be stored: $backupDir/$host/$aideDir. It is recommended to go with the default configured in the default host configuration file: ``aide''.

aide_modification_loglevel

dumpnet.host.aide will check if the compared aide databases differ. If they don't this will be logged using the log level info. If they do differ it will be logged using the log level specified in aide_modification_loglevel. Default is ``error''. Possible values are:

info

The fact that the databases differ will be logged using the level info (INFO).

warn

The fact that the databases differ will be logged using the level warn (WARN).

error

The fact that the databases differ will be logged using the level error (ERRO). dumpnet.host.aide will immediatly return with an exit status of 1 after logging the error.

SEE ALSO

 dumpnet.host(8)
 dumpnet.host.aide(8)

AUTHOR

 Lukas Feiler <lukas.feiler@lukasfeiler.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

dumpnet is published under the LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE). Please see the LICENSE file contained in the installation tarball for details. The official web site is http://dumpnet.sourceforge.net.