AIDE will not work!

**computer_freak_8** · March 15th, 2009

I am trying to run the "aide" program, but I have a very aggravating situation that is preventing it.

Whenever I try to run it, (trying to "check",) whether as root or another user, I am presented with:

Code:

Couldn't open file /var/lib/aide/please-dont-call-aide-without-parameters/aide.db for reading

or

Code:

Extra parameters given

I have tried many commands, including:

Code:

aide -C
aide --check
aide -V
aide -V 20
aide --verbose
aide -C -V
aide -C -V 20
aide --check --verbose
aide --check --verbose=20
aide -C -r stdout
aide --check -r stdout
aide -V -r stdout
aide -V 20 -r stdout
aide --verbose -r stdout
aide -C -V -r stdout
aide -C -V 20 -r stdout
aide --check --verbose -r stdout
aide --check --verbose=20 -r stdout
aide -C --report=stdout
aide --check --report=stdout
aide -V --report=stdout
aide -V 20 --report=stdout
aide --verbose --report=stdout
aide -C -V --report=stdout
aide -C -V 20 --report=stdout
aide --check --verbose --report=stdout
aide --check --verbose=20 --report=stdout

The commands in bold give the second error; all the rest of the commands give the first error.

This is really irritating; I'm questioning if I will be able to finish my project in time.

Any help would definitely be appreciated!

**bodhi.zazen** · March 15th, 2009

I have not used AIDE. See if these links help :

http://www.linux.com/feature/113919

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1424

**shad0w_crash** · March 15th, 2009

I once got that problem on FreeBSD, The problem was that the database file was initialized but not filled.

I replaced it with an other version and it worked perfectly. What are the permissions of the .db file? Maby the installer, updater is still locking it because it's updating?

**MattBlack** · March 19th, 2009

Get the same think here when run the commands manually.
sudo /etc/cron.daily/aide does work ok.

will do more investigation later.

**crazybrain** · March 29th, 2009

I had the same issue, and about lost my mind trying to find the answer.

These two links helped a ton:

http://fixunix.com/debian/121980-aide.html

http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-aide/...ile&rev=0&sc=0

I'm still working with this so I haven't gotten it completely figured out yet. Good luck.