Cool Fedora core tripwire setup page

http://www.syntaxtechnology.com/2009/07/install-tripwire-on-fedora-11/

and

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/ch-tripwire.html

Although the version that installs with FC12 you only need do the following steps;

$> tripwire-setup-keyfiles

Follow the instructions, which mainly require 2 passwords, 1 for site and 1 for local

Once this step is completed you simply run;

$> tripwire --init

And wait for it to complete

Updates can be done by first dumping the policy file;

$> twadmin --print-polfile >my.pol

And then editing this file accordingly. Once you have completed your edits you would then need to encrypt the file for the init process to be able to use it. This will generate the tw.pol file;

$> /usr/sbin/twadmin --create-polfile -S site.key /etc/tripwire/my.pol

You will be prompted for your site password

To load the policy into the tripwire database;

$> rm /var/lib/tripwire/hostname.localdomain.twd

Run the following to regenerate the database;

$> tripwire --init

Test if your email account will work;

$> tripwire --test --email username

View reports;

$> /usr/sbin/twprint -m r --twrfile /var/lib/tripwire/report/.twr

Update database;

$> /usr/sbin/tripwire --update --twrfile /var/lib/tripwire/report/.twr