** Description changed: - Thank you @muhammedibnabdullah1401 for the original bug report! - - [impact] + [Impact] Currently there is a bug in the AIDE package on Ubuntu where it would fail to run on certain sources and return error code 17. + + The easiest way to see this issue is to remove a newline character '\n' + between software sources. + + If you are missing a newline, you would see an error like: + + ****************************************************************************** + * AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration! * + ****************************************************************************** + + AIDE error output (1 lines): + ERROR: /etc/aide/aide.conf.d/31_aide_apt (stdout):263:65: error in rule '/var/lib/apt/lists/repo\.protonvpn\.com_debian_dists_stable_https://esm.ubuntu.com/cis/ubuntu_binary-(amd64|all)_Packages(\.diff_Index)?$': invalid double slash (line: '/var/lib/apt/lists/repo\\.protonvpn\\.com_debian_dists_stable_https://esm.ubuntu.com/cis/ubuntu_binary-@@{APT_ARCH}_Packages(\\.diff_Index)?$ f VarFile') + End of AIDE error output + AIDE detected no changes. + + [Test Plan] + + 1- Install the aide package: % sudo apt install aide -y + 2- % wget https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-all/protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.6_all.deb + % sudo dpkg -i ./protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.6_all.deb && sudo apt update + 3- run aide and the following error will appear: % aideinit -f -y + ****************************************************************************** + * AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration! * + ****************************************************************************** + + A fixed package should initialise the AIDE database correctly. + + [Where problems could occur] + + Other files might start returning the same error and cause aide to crash + with the same error code 17, although this risk is minimal since this + change has been in Debian for over 2 years now with no issues + + [Other Info] The fix has already been merged into Debian and this is a simple back- port of that patch. Debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008277 Debian patch: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/aide/-/commit/f946d19f4fd430c37aa4218be7453052eae18b74 The patch is already available in Noble and newer. - - [Test Plan] - - 1- Install the aide package: % sudo apt install aide -y - 2- Add a corrupted sources file as the one mentioned in the original description - 3- run aide and the following error will appear: - ****************************************************************************** - * AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration! * - ****************************************************************************** - - [Where problems could occur] - - * other files might start returning the same error and cause aide to - crash with the same error code 17, although this risk is minimal since - this change has been in Debian for over 2 years now with no issues - - [original description] - - Hi, - After i installed protonvpn, i got this error. aide didnt start anymore. - aide version: 0.17.4.1 - ubuntu 22.04 LTS pro, - - Error code below: - - " - - ****************************************************************************** - * AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration! * - ****************************************************************************** - - AIDE error output (1 lines): - ERROR: /etc/aide/aide.conf.d/31_aide_apt (stdout):263:65: error in rule '/var/lib/apt/lists/repo\.protonvpn\.com_debian_dists_stable_https://esm.ubuntu.com/cis/ubuntu_binary-(amd64|all)_Packages(\.diff_Index)?$': invalid double slash (line: '/var/lib/apt/lists/repo\\.protonvpn\\.com_debian_dists_stable_https://esm.ubuntu.com/cis/ubuntu_binary-@@{APT_ARCH}_Packages(\\.diff_Index)?$ f VarFile') - End of AIDE error output - AIDE detected no changes. - - End of AIDE daily cron job at 2023-11-26 08:00, run time 3 seconds - funny, AIDE did not leave a log. - - " - - Can you help me. - Thanks.
** Changed in: aide (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: High => Medium ** Changed in: aide (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Undecided -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2045923 Title: AIDE returned with exit code 17. Invalid configuration! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aide/+bug/2045923/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs