I've installed AIDE on my 64 bit Xubuntu 12.10 laptop, but have some puzzling problems in setting it up.

I followed the configuration instructions in the las post in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1096333.html

I ran:
Code:
sudo /usr/bin/aide.wrapper -c /etc/aide/aide.conf --init
Which created aide.db.old and aide.conf.autogenerated in /var/lib/aide/

I then ran:
Code:
sudo /usr/bin/aide.wrapper -c /etc/aide/aide.conf --check
This gave an error that it couldn't open aide.db (it hadn't been created in the 'init')

So I (reluctantly!) copied the aide.db.old to aide.db, and ran the 'check' again. This time the check showed the expected creation of the aide.db file, changes to the aide.conf.autogenerated file, and puzzlingly alteration of the aide.db.old file.

Next I ran:
Code:
sudo /usr/bin/aide.wrapper -c /etc/aide/aide.conf --compare
Which gave an error that the aide.db.new file couldn't be opened (there wasn't one)

By now alarm bells started to ring - having to do an initial manual copy of the db earlier and now having an error that there was no 'new' one created.

Is my installation correct and how does the aide.db.new get created, anyone please?

Jim