[ale] tripwire is " trippin' "

[Geoffrey]

What was the chain of events?

Upgrade, then it started crashing?

Specs on the box?  (memory, processor, video card).

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> I removed tripwire. 3 hours later, my box hung AGAIN.
> I was able to Crtl-Alt-F2, but not login. 
> I was unable to ssh into the box.
> The box froze, and had to be restarted. 
> 
> How do I go about discovering what program is causing this?
> I am not used to upgraded 7.2 acting this badly. Should I reinstall?
> 
> 
> Drew
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 07 January 2003 11:28, you wrote:
> 
>>Locate the rpm that tripwire is from:
>>
>>rpm -qf 'FULL PATH TO tripwire'
>>
>>'rpm -e' the results of the above as in:
>>
>>rpm -e tripwire.rpm
>>
>>
>>Understand, that anything else that is in that rpm will be removed also.
>>  That may or may not be a problem.
>>
>>rpm -ql tripwire.rpm
>>
>>
>>Will list all the files installed by this rpm.
>>
>>ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
>>
>>>ALE, 1-05-02 0855
>>>I installed RedHat 7.2 on my system.
>>>
>>>Whenever I would su to root, I would get a prompt that says "you have
>>>mail." Solution: I added a .forward file to root
>>>
>>>Whenever I would receive the emails, they would say tripwire ain't been
>>>installed.
>>>Solution: I followed the included directions to --init tripwire.
>>>
>>>Since then, I turn on my box, and cron.daily executes the tripwire
>>>script. The script itself does not hang my box, but if I do anything else
>>>(like run a browser)
>>>my box hangs like Windows, and I must use the reset button on the front
>>>of the box to get
>>>control (and I have to keep fighting tripwire or not use the box for 10
>>>minutes).
>>>
>>>I read the man tripwire, and have not been able to figure out how to
>>>completely disable tripwire.
>>>I realize that I will have less security on this box, but the cost of
>>>having my box act like Windows is too great.
>>>
>>>Drew
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