[Aide] File Type Selection Rules

[Michael Gora]

All,
I'm not sure if this is the appropriate location for me to pose this
question. However I was wondering if I could get some assistance in
understanding if a certain use of AIDE is feasible.

In short I would like to monitor all the particular files of a given type on
my system, lets say those whose name ends with ".cfg". So given a directory
structure such as:
/basedir/
--test.cfg
--/dir1
----a.cfg
----b.cfg
----c.cfg
--/dir2
----1.cfg
----2.cfg

I write a simple rule like:
/basedir/*.cfg

However this will only select test.cfg and not any of the ".cfg" files in
dir1 or dir2. Now I tried doing somethign a bit more complex to distinguish
the directories from the actual files:
/basedir/(.*/)*$|.*\.cfg

However this didn't work since the directories don't end with a "/". So now
I'm a little stumped. Is there any way to blanket select a file type without
specifying every directory I want to monitor?
Regards,
-Michael
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Michael A. Gora
MS Computer Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

[Hannes von Haugwitz]

Post by Michael Gora
In short I would like to monitor all the particular files of a given type on
my system, lets say those whose name ends with ".cfg". So given a directory
/basedir/
--test.cfg
--/dir1
----a.cfg
----b.cfg
----c.cfg
--/dir2
----1.cfg
----2.cfg
/basedir/*.cfg

This is a known bug. I've already investigated this issue but didn't find
a appropriate solution yet.

I report back if the bug has been fixed.

Greetings

Hannes

[Hannes von Haugwitz]

Hi,

Post by Hannes von Haugwitz
This is a known bug. I've already investigated this issue but didn't find
a appropriate solution yet.
I report back if the bug has been fixed.

As promised I hereby report back to you.

The issue has been fixed with the latest beta release of AIDE
(v0.16b1)[0].

Best regards

Hannes

[0] https://sourceforge.net/p/aide/mailman/message/35017320/