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 executeable, update-aide.conf executes the file
       and uses its stdout for the AIDE configuration. For files that are not  executeable,  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)