linux security - Aug 2000 - Tripwire and cron

I am trying to get tripwire 1.2 patch level 2 on Redhat 6.2 to run out
of cron and so far have failed miserably.
It runs fine from the command line so I know my configuration is ok, but
when it runs from cron it gets to Phase 3 and simply exits. It doesn''t
generate any error messages or leave any core files laying around.

you may need to use full path in the cron job.

kevin


On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Larry Thomas wrote:
> I am trying to get tripwire 1.2 patch level 2 on Redhat 6.2 to run out
> of cron and so far have failed miserably.
> It runs fine from the command line so I know my configuration is ok, but
> when it runs from cron it gets to Phase 3 and simply exits. It
doesn''t
> generate any error messages or leave any core files laying around.
> 
> 
> 
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Larry Thomas wrote:

Might I recommend AIDE (http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide.html)? A fully
GPLed replacement. RMS would be pleased!

Here''s the script I use to run aide from cron (in /etc/cron.daily/).
Probably this can be changed to run tripwire easily (though I don''t
know
how).

---- CUT ----
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/aide --check | (cat <<EOF
Output of AIDE:

EOF
cat
) | /bin/mail -s "File integrity report" root
---- CUT ----

I should probably fix this so that no mail is send if aide doesn''t
print
anything, but I''m basically a very lazy person, so I haven''t
yet.

This script has worked perfectly for me on several machines over the last
6 months or so.

Good Luck,

Jack
> I am trying to get tripwire 1.2 patch level 2 on Redhat 6.2 to run out
> of cron and so far have failed miserably.
> It runs fine from the command line so I know my configuration is ok, but
> when it runs from cron it gets to Phase 3 and simply exits. It
doesn''t
> generate any error messages or leave any core files laying around.