NAME

       update-aide.conf - build run-time AIDE configuration

SYNOPSIS

       update-aide.conf

DESCRIPTION

       update-aide.conf  rebuilds  the  runtime  AIDE  configuration. /etc/aide/aide.conf and the
       contents of the /etc/aide/aide.conf.d directory. If one  of  these  files  is  executable,
       update-aide.conf  executes  the  file  and uses its stdout for the AIDE configuration. For
       files that are not executable, their contents is copied into AIDE configuration  verbatim.
       The  input paths can be controlled from the command line or using configuration options in
       /etc/default/aide.  update-aide.conf is primarily used by aideinit (8), the  aide  wrapper
       and and the /etc/cron.daily/aide script.

       Debian Packages might drop configuration snippets in /etc/aide/aide.conf.d , which will be
       picked up automatically by aide if the default paths are used.  If  you  would  prefer  to
       control  your  rules  yourself,  you  might  want to point update-aide.conf to a different
       conf.d directory by configuring /etc/default/aide appropriately. You can then use symlinks
       to  select  Debian  rules.  Or  you  can edit the files dropped into /etc/aide/aide.conf.d
       yourself, they are dpkg-conffiles.

       All command line settings can also be overridden by setting  the  appropriate  environment
       variable  from /etc/default/aide. Additionally, values set in the environment prior to the
       call to update-aide.conf are also honored. The location of the defaults file can  also  be
       overridden from the environment.

OPTIONS

       -v, --verbose
              Enable verbose mode, tell about ignored files

       -h, --help
              Show this message

       --keepcomments
              Do not remove comment lines

       --removecomments
              Remove comment lines (default)

       -o, --output
              write output to file instead of /var/lib/aide/aide.conf.autogenerated

       -d, --confdir
              read  input  from  given  directory  instead  of /etc/aide. Can be overridden using
              UPAC_CONFDIR.

       -D, --confd
              read config file snippets from given directory  instead  of  /etc/aide/aide.conf.d.
              Can be overridden using UPAC_CONFD.

       -S, --settingsd
              read  settings files from given directory instead of /etc/aide/aide.settings.d. Can
              be overridden using UPAC_SETTINGSD.

       -a, --autoconfigfile
              write output to the given file  instead  of  /var/lib/aide/aide.conf.autogenerated.
              Can be overridden using UPAC_AUTOCONFIGFILE.

       -m, --mainconfigfile
              read   main   part   of   aide   configuration   from   given   file   instead   of
              /etc/aide/aide.conf. Can be overridden using UPAC_MAINCONFIGFILE

FILES

       /etc/aide/aide.conf
              main AIDE configuration file

       /etc/aide/aide.conf.d
              configuration file fragments to be added to the master configuration file

       /etc/aide/aide.settings.d
              settings files parsed by some configuration files in UPAC_CONFD.

       /etc/default/aide
              Debian aide defaults file used for permanently  overriding  some  option  defaults.
              This can be overridden from the environment using the UPAC_DEFAULTFILE variable.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Mike Markley <mike@markley.org> and Marc Haber <mh+debian-
       packages@zugschlus.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                           Jan 25, 2013                       UPDATE-AIDE.CONF(8)