[Integrit-users] Re: md5 checsum of integrit

[Ed L C. <ec...@te...>]

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gr...@cl... writes:

> Hello
> 
> I'm trying to use integrit, and being a beginner at unix administration,
> I'm puzzled with a small problem :
> 
> each time I run integer, I got a different checksum

I assume you typed "integer" but meant to type "integrit".  

> I compiled integrit with no problem. I tried to "integritize" first
> /usr/bin, then /root.
> 
> If I run integrit -c -u twice in a row, I got different checksums.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

Nothing.  By the subject of your email, I suppose you are referring to
the MD5 checksum printed at the end of the report.  That is the
checksum of the new integrit database.

Since a new integrit database is generated everytime you run integrit
with the "-u" option, the new database is different every time.
Therefore, the MD5 checksum of the new database will be different
every time.

The only time you should be concerned is when the MD5 checksum of the
new database doesn't match the one in the last integrit report.  That
means that someone may have tampered with the new database.

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