Re: tripwire seg faults/core dumps

[Agustin Navarro <anavarro vip eniac com>]

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 rh2 conan ipat com wrote:

> > 
> > At 09:49 PM 1/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I downloaded the tripwire rpm and installed it without problems.  The
> > >[snip]However, when I try and run the program (just entering "tripwire") it runs
> > >through three phases and then crashes with a segmentation fault and core
> > >dump.  
> > 
> > That sounds like the 1.2 bug.  I've been running 1.3 with no problems.
> 
> I'm using v 1.30-1 (from binaries rpm--maybe this is screwed? I think
> the compile locked up when I tried to compile the sources<sigh>).
> 
> Whenever I try to check integrity (i.e., execution of just 'tripwire') it
> progresses about half-way and then wedges the computer tight.  Every time.
> I'm not sure I understand the 'seg fault' language discussed unless
> 'seg fault' means like 'completely hoses the host'.  So far tripwire
> seems mostly a trap for admins :)
> 
> It's a shame b/c tripwire comes so highly recommeneded and seems to
> have enormous potential to help secure a box.  I keep hoping someone
> will post a solution to this problem.
> 
> -Alan Mead
> 
> 
> 
There is a tripwire-1.2-18.i386.rpm at SuSE that works fine in my linux RED HAT
5.2 It is in the distribution of SuSE linux 6.0-BETA. I do not remember the
location exactly.

Hope this help.

Agustin
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