Initializing, updating, or checking

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# 5.7. Initializing, updating, or checking

In the Misc section of the configuration file, you can choose between initializing the database, updating it, or checking the files against the existing database:

ChecksumTest=`init|update|check|none`

If you use the mode none, you should specify on the command line one of init, update, or check, like: samhain -t `check`

As of version 1.8.1, there is a new command line flag --interactive to enable interactive updates. If you use this flag together with -t update, you will be asked if the database entry should be updated, whenever samhain encounters a modified file.

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