Re: [Aide-devel] Re: aide 0.11 reporting directory as changed even if configured not to do so
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From: Marc H. <mh+...@zu...> - 2006-03-03 08:15:57
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On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:05:49AM +0200, Pablo Virolainen wrote: > If you change the rule order a bit, then you will get what you wanted. > > @@{FS}/etc$ StaticDir > @@{FS}/etc/resolv.conf$ Databases > @@{FS}/ Binlib Ok, so that's the first time I have been aware that rule order in the configuration file matters. This is _very_ surprising sice aide usually operates on a "deepest match" algorithm. So it is actually a weird mixture of "first match" and "deepest match"? I don't understand that behavior from reading the manual. Maybe the algorithm building the tree needs to be described in more detail. Actually, I would greatly prefer the program code to be changed in a way that we _actually_ have a deepest match algorithm, as sorting the configuration would be a major inconvenience. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 |