>I've been using tripwire for a while on my system, and I've
>updated the policy a few times, but a short time after the last
>time I updated it it stopped working. Now whenever I try to do a
>check, I get:
>
>"*** Fatal exception: 9exception
>*** Exiting..."
I ran
tripwire -m c -I
and checked the output, then exitted the editor and typed in the
passphrase to update the database. And then moved on to other
tasks.
And then I lost carrier. [Actually, I foolishly ran
/etc/init.d/sshd restart
from another shell after installing a new sshd.]
And then I got the same error message you got.
The result of the hangup was obvious:
hostname:/var/lib/tripwire-2057# ls -s
1332 hostname.twd
2536 hostname.twd.bak
So I did
mv hostname.twd hostname.twd.HUP
cp -p hostname.twd.bak hostname.twd
and it worked fine.
-scott
