Filename: /usr/local/etc/tw.cfg about tripwire-open-source HOT 5 CLOSED

Hi there, the problem you're running into is that OST's default behavior is to look for a tw.cfg in /usr/local/etc, not in the current directory. There are two approaches you can take here:

• You can specify a cfg location on the command line, which overrides the default location: "./tripwire --init --cfgfile /etc/tripwire/tw.cfg" in your case.
• If you don't like having to do that all the time, you can specify a different default location at compile time. To look in /etc/tripwire by default, configure with "./configure --sysconfdir=/etc/tripwire" and then make the project as usual. (You could also do this with "./configure --prefix=/etc/tripwire", which is what the readme currently says to do, but that also changes the install location to /etc/tripwire, which you probably don't want.)

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Okay, it works for me. Thank you for your reactivity!
Just for the record, how can it be disturbing to have him on /etc/tripwire?

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There shouldn't be any problems with relocating your config file to /etc or some other location if you'd rather have it there. I've even heard of people storing their OST binaries, data, & config files on a thumb drive so they're only present on the system when doing a scan.

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OK thanks

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Closing as resolved.

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