i have installed tripwire-2.3.1-2-i686.tgz in my pc having vector linux(KDE 3.4).i have installed it successfully and initialized the database also.
the problems which i am facing are as follows:
1. my config file is tw.pol in root/etc/tripwire
my policy file is tw.cfg in root/etc/tripwire
my database file is
anks@org.twr in
root/etc/tripwire
2. once i am running the file integrity check i am getting following errors
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### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/sun-message.csh
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/sun-to-mime
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/sun2mime
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/sx
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/sz
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/tclsh8.3
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/termidx
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/tin
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/tixindex
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/tixwish
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/tixwish4.1.8.0
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/trn
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/trn-artchk
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/unprotoize
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/uudepipe
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/uuenpipe
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/vacation
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/view
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/vim
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/vimtutor
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/vreg
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/whois
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/wish
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/wish8.3
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/workbone
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/xcftopnm
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/xxd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/ypcat
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/ypchfn
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/ypchsh
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/ypmatch
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/yppasswd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/ypwhich
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/bin/ytalk
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/sendmail
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ab
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/apacheconfig
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/apachectl
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/apxs
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/atd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/atrun
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/callback
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/clnt.pcnfsd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/dhcpd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/dhcrelay
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/dnssec-keygen
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/dnssec-makekeyset
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/dnssec-signkey
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/dnssec-signzone
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/dump-remind
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/edquota
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/exportfs
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/fix-ttyS
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/flushpop.sh
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ftpshut
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/gnu-pop3d
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/httpd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/huntd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/in.pop3d
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/in.proftpd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ipmasqadm
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/level-0
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/level-1
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/logresolve
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/lpd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/lpf
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/lptest
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/lwresd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/mail.local
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/mailstats
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/makemap
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/named
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/named-bootconf.sh
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/named-checkconf
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/named-checkzone
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/netresolv
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/netwatch
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/nfsstat
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/nhfsgraph
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/nhfsnums
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/nhfsrun
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/nhfsstone
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntp-genkeys
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntp-wait
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntpd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntpdate
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntpdc
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntpq
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntptime
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntptimeset
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ntptrace
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/pac
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/proftpd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/quotastats
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/redialer
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/repquota
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rndc
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rotatelogs
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.bwnfsd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.lockd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.pcnfsd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.rquotad
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.statd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/rpc.ypxfrd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/secure-card
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/setquota
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/showmount
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/smrsh
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/tickadj
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/unlock
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/warnquota
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ypbind
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ypbind-3.3
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ypmake
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/yppoll
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/yppush
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ypserv
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/ypset
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/twagent
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/tw.cfg
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/sbin/agent.cfg
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /usr/lib/tripwire/report/agent.log
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/devfsd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/dhclient
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/ipchains
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/ipchains-restore
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/ipchains-save
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/ipfwadm-wrapper
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/liloconfig.tty
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/mkpv
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/netconfig.color
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/netconfig.tty
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/powerd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/quotacheck
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/quotaoff
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/quotaon
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/setserialbits
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/setup
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/stinit
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /sbin/unpack
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/mail
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/mail/aliases.db
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.0
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.4
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.6
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.bind
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.font.new
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.portmap
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/csh.cshrc
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/exports
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/mail.rc
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /etc/tripwire/authentication.dat
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /root/Mail
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /root/mail
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /root/.xauth
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /root/.mc
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /root/.cshrc
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /root/.bash_logout
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
### Warning: File system error.
### Filename: /root/.Xresources
### No such file or directory
### Continuing...
at the end it says that integrity check complete.i am totally confused as to where this integrity check is being performed
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3. once i am doing the policy update after integrity check it is giving following errors
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it is giving same error as the above one but after that this is also coming:
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /usr/lib/tripwire/report
### > Num Links
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /usr/sbin
### > Modify Time
### > Change Time
### Error: Policy Update Added Object.
### An object has been added since the database was last updated.
### Object name: /usr/lib/tripwire/myreport.twr.bak
### Error: Policy Update Added Object.
### An object has been added since the database was last updated.
### Object name: /usr/lib/tripwire/anks.org.twd
### Error: Policy Update Added Object.
### An object has been added since the database was last updated.
### Object name: /usr/lib/tripwire/myreport.twr
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /etc/blkid.tab
### > Inode Number
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /etc/blkid.tab.old
### > Inode Number
### Error: Policy Update Added Object.
### An object has been added since the database was last updated.
### Object name: /etc/tripwire/mypol.txt
### Error: Policy Update Added Object.
### An object has been added since the database was last updated.
### Object name: /etc/tripwire/db.txt
### Error: Policy Update Added Object.
### An object has been added since the database was last updated.
### Object name: /etc/tripwire/policyguide.txt
### Error: Policy Update Added Object.
### An object has been added since the database was last updated.
### Object name: /etc/tripwire/DB.TXT
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /etc/tripwire
### > Size
### > Modify Time
### > Change Time
### > Blocks
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /etc/tripwire/+pinugs
### > Modify Time
### > Change Time
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /etc/tripwire/twpol.txt
### > Size
### > Modify Time
### > Change Time
### > CRC32
### > MD5
### Error: Policy Update Changed Object.
### An object has been changed since the database was last updated.
### Object name: Conflicting properties for object /root/.ICEauthority
### > Inode Number
======== Step 2: Updating the database with new objects.
======== Step 3: Pruning unneeded objects from the database.
Policy update failed; policy and database files were not altered.
[root@anks~]#
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4. pl tell me how can i rectify the problem
5. pl also tell me how can i generate a report telling me about the alterations in the files/directories.
6. i am not able to edit my configuration and policy files.
7. how can i select files/directories for integrity check.
8. after installation and making of config and policy files and initilisation of database there were no error messages.i dont think there was any error in installation if u think there is any error pl guide me through the steps.
