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aide-attributes(1) General Commands Manual aide-attributes(1)

NAME

aide-attributes - decode and compare hex-encoded attribute numbers

SYNOPSIS

aide-attributes HEX_NUMBER [HEX_NUMBER]

DESCRIPTION

aide-attributes decodes hex-encoded attribute numbers to attribute names or displays the differences between two attribute numbers. The script is useful to decode the attribute numbers as shown in the 'Entry X in database has different attributes: OLD_HEX_NUMBER NEW_HEX_NUMBER' message.

EXAMPLES

Decode the hex number 'c3d' to attribute names:
$ aide-attributes c3d
filename
perm
uid
gid
size
bcount
lnkcount

Display the differences between two hex-encoded attribute numbers:

$ aide-attributes c3d fbd
+ctime
+mtime
+inode

SEE ALSO

aide(1)

AUTHOR

This manual was written by Hannes von Haugwitz <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
May 30, 2010