On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 08:44:35PM +0200, Virolainen Pablo wrote: > On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Marc Haber wrote: > >> I thaught you wanted to change the semantic to be like that. > > Probably, yes. At the moment, the semantics don't seem to be defined > > in the man page, so it would be a probable start to say whether we are > > going for a first match or a last match. The examples in aide.conf(5) > > suggest a first-match approach. > > The man page doesn't say anything about the semantics. For the config file > semantic one should read aide/doc/manual.html (which propably lacks tons > of usable and needed information. Specially inode thing should be > described somewhere).
I'm going to try improving the docs. > Line number of config file. One needs to remember that the line number > (should at least) is line counter... So if you define -A "something", it > affects the printed number. Maybe it would be a good idea to have the line numbers read from the config file constant. Directives added from the command line could then get negative line numbers. > The patch might be usefull for debugging aide config files. I don't know > if it should be added to CVS. I made it to understand how your rules are > handled. > > Richard, Marc (and others) do you think the patch should be added to CVS? If the patch can be of general help (probably fixing Debian bug #289174 in the process), I am all for having it included to CVS. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 _______________________________________________ Aide mailing list Aide@cs.tut.fi https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/aide
