source: postlfs/security/tripwire/tripwire-config.xml@ c62afe4

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<title>Configuring tripwire</title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><userinput>/etc/tripwire</userinput></para>
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<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Tripwire uses a policy file to determine which files integrity
 are checked. The default policy file (<filename>twpol.txt</filename> found in
<filename>/etc/tripwire/</filename>) is for a default installation of Redhat 
7.0 and is woefully outdated.</para>

<para>Policy files are also a custom thing and should be tailored to
 each individual distro and/or installation. Some custom policy files
 can be found below: </para>
 <screen> <ulink  url="http://home.iprimus.com.au/glombowski/blfs/twpol-all.txt"/>
Checks integrity of all files
<ulink url="http://home.iprimus.com.au/glombowski/blfs/twpol-lfs.txt"/>
Custom policy file for Base LFS 3.0 system
<ulink url="http://home.iprimus.com.au/glombowski/blfs/twpol-suse7.2.txt"/>
Custom policy file for SuSE 7.2 system
</screen>

 <para>Download the custom policy file you'd like to try, copy it into
 /etc/tripwire/, and use it instead of <filename>twpol.txt</filename>. It
 is, however, recommended that you make your own policy file. Get ideas
 from the examples above and read
 <filename>/usr/share/doc/tripwire/policyguide.txt</filename>.
<filename>twpol.txt</filename> is a good policy file for beginners as it will note any changes to the  filesystem and can even be used as an annoying way of keeping track of changes for uninstallation of software.</para>

 <para>After your policy file has been transferred to <filename>/etc/tripwire/</filename> you may begin the configuation steps:</para>

<screen><userinput>twadmin -m P /etc/tripwire/twpol.txt &amp;&amp;
tripwire -m i</userinput></screen>

<para>During configuration tripwire will create 2 keys: a site key and
 a local key which will be stored in /etc/tripwire/.</para>

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<sect3><title>Usage Information</title>
<para>To use tripwire after this and run a report using the following command:

<screen><userinput>tripwire -m c &gt; /etc/tripwire/report.txt</userinput></screen>

<para>View the output to check the integrity of your files. An automatic
integrity report can be produced by using fcron. </para>

<para>Please note that after you run an integrity check, you must check
the report or email and then modify the tripwire database of the files
on your system so that tripwire will not continually notify you that
files you intentionally changed are a security violation. To do this you
must first <userinput>ls /var/lib/tripwire/report/</userinput> and note
the name of the newest file which starts with
<filename>linux-</filename> and ends in <filename>.twr</filename>. This
encrypted file was created during the last report creation and is needed
to update the tripwire database of your system. Then, type in the
following command making the appropriate substitutions for '?':</para>

<screen><userinput>tripwire -m u -r /var/lib/tripwire/report/linux-???????-??????.twr</userinput></screen>

<para>You will be placed into vim with a copy of the report in front of
 you. If all the chnages were good, then just type
 <userinput>:x</userinput> and after entering your local key, the
database will be updated. If there are files which you
 still want to be warned about, please remove the x before the filename
 in the report and type <userinput>:x</userinput>. </para>

 </sect3>

 <sect3><title>Changing the Policy File</title>

<para>If you are unhappy with your policy file and would like to modify it or use a new one, modify the policy file and then execute the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>twadmin -m P /etc/tripwire/twpol.txt &amp;&amp;
tripwire -m i</userinput></screen>

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