====== Ubuntu - Tripwire - Set Up Email Notifications ======

<code bash>
vi /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt
</code>

and set the following fields

<file bash /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt>
MAILNOVIOLATIONS =true
EMAILREPORTLEVEL =3
REPORTLEVEL   =3
SYSLOGREPORTING =true
MAILMETHOD    =SMTP
SMTPHOST      =192.168.1.2
;SMTPHOST      =mail.sharewiz.net
SMTPPORT      =25
</file>

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===== Another method =====

Use the mail command to mail Tripwire notifications to an email address.  Install the files:

<code bash>
sudo apt-get install mailutils
</code>

Test a tripwire report.  This report will have warnings and changes too, since we just installed new software without telling tripwire:

<code bash>
sudo tripwire --check | mail -s "Tripwire report for `uname -n`" your_email@domain.com
</code>

Setup a cron job to call this regularly if required.