On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 07:45:29PM +0530, N. Raghavendra wrote: > Hello debian-user, > > I have just installed the tripwire package. Two questions: > > 1. The directory /usr/lib/tripwire/databases was empty, so I > created a database by doing 'tripwire -initialize'. It looks like > this is a necessary step, because /etc/cron.daily tripwire says > "do not run if there is no database file". I am puzzled about why > there was no instruction to do this during the installation or in > the README.debian file. Was I doing something unnecessary?
maybe someone with some tripwire expertise can answer that...? > 2. The file README.debian says, "Please make sure you make > /usr/lib/tripwire a read-only mount point." How do I do this? (It > is not a separate filesystem like /usr or /tmp.) i think they're saying that it NEEDS TO BE a separate mount point, such as /var, /opt, /tmp, /usr... (at least my understanding of "mount point" is that it has to be a separate filesystem, thus a distinct partition or volume all its own.) for how to do the read-only mount of such a partition, i'd recommend you look in "man fstab" and "man mount"... (i'm not up on all that voodoo.) -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #6 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : How do you keep text from SCROLLING BY TOO DAMN FAST? :) Before pressing the ENTER key of a command that you know will generate a lot of output, "pipe" it through your pager: ls -lR | pager locate tgz | pager grep -r pattern /home | pager You can also try <SHIFT>-<PAGE-UP> to scroll back. This works both at the console and in rxvt/xterm windows. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...