Debian Bug report logs - #806293
aide.conf definition for X gone missing, but still referenced

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: aide.conf definition for X gone missing, but still referenced

Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 08:05:46 +0100

Package: aide-common
Version: 0.16~a2.git20130520-3
Severity: important

Hi,

I have noticed during an upgrade from wheezy to jessie that the
aide.conf shipped with jessie's aide has lost the definition for "X":

|# X contains the groups 'acl', 'xattrs' and 'e2fsattrs' and additionally
|# under linux archs the group 'selinux'. The group is used in some other
|# group definitions below. To disable one of the groups (e.g. acl) append
|# '-acl' to the group definition.
|X=L-p-ftype-i-l-n-u-g

However, X is still referenced in the definitions for InodeData,
VarFile, VarDir, VarDirInode and Log.

I can't imagine that this is actually intended to be this way. Please
check and comment.

Greetings
Marc


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Message #10 received at 806293-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hannes von Haugwitz <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>

To: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>, 806293-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#806293: aide.conf definition for X gone missing, but still referenced

Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:21:04 +0100

Hi Marc,

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 08:05:46AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> I have noticed during an upgrade from wheezy to jessie that the
> aide.conf shipped with jessie's aide has lost the definition for "X":
> 
> |# X contains the groups 'acl', 'xattrs' and 'e2fsattrs' and additionally
> |# under linux archs the group 'selinux'. The group is used in some other
> |# group definitions below. To disable one of the groups (e.g. acl) append
> |# '-acl' to the group definition.
> |X=L-p-ftype-i-l-n-u-g
> 
> However, X is still referenced in the definitions for InodeData,
> VarFile, VarDir, VarDirInode and Log.
> 
> I can't imagine that this is actually intended to be this way. Please
> check and comment.

Yes, the removal was intentional. As mentioned in the Changelog of
0.16~a2.git20130520-1 the definition of X has been incorporated upstream
and is no longer needed to be defined in aide.conf. Therefor I close
this bug report.

Best regards

Hannes

Message #11 received at 806293-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>

To: Hannes von Haugwitz <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>

Cc: 806293-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#806293: aide.conf definition for X gone missing, but still referenced

Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:26:05 +0100

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 08:21:04PM +0100, Hannes von Haugwitz wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 08:05:46AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> > I have noticed during an upgrade from wheezy to jessie that the
> > aide.conf shipped with jessie's aide has lost the definition for "X":
> > 
> > |# X contains the groups 'acl', 'xattrs' and 'e2fsattrs' and additionally
> > |# under linux archs the group 'selinux'. The group is used in some other
> > |# group definitions below. To disable one of the groups (e.g. acl) append
> > |# '-acl' to the group definition.
> > |X=L-p-ftype-i-l-n-u-g
> > 
> > However, X is still referenced in the definitions for InodeData,
> > VarFile, VarDir, VarDirInode and Log.
> > 
> > I can't imagine that this is actually intended to be this way. Please
> > check and comment.
> 
> Yes, the removal was intentional. As mentioned in the Changelog of
> 0.16~a2.git20130520-1 the definition of X has been incorporated upstream
> and is no longer needed to be defined in aide.conf. Therefor I close
> this bug report.

Please consider mentioning this in the config file in the package so
that people don't stumble over this like I did. And aide should
complain if a definition is redefined.

Greetings
Marc

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