---
name: "aideinit"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "aide-common"
version: "0.19.1-2+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/aideinit"
---

# aideinit(8)

create a new AIDE database

## NAME

aideinit - create a new AIDE database

## SYNOPSIS

**aideinit** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**aideinit** creates a new AIDE database. It will initialize an AIDE database in the default database\_out location. It will then prompt you to replace your existing AIDE database. In most cases you will want to check for any problems before doing this.

**aideinit** attempts to automatically detect the correct locations of your database and database\_out files based on your aide.conf settings. These settings may be overridden on the command line, as may the prompts.

## OPTIONS

- **-y, --yes**

  Overwrite database\_out file

- **-f, --force**

  Force overwrite of database with new database

- **-c, --config**

  Specify alternate config file

- **-o, --output**

  Specify alternate output file

- **-d, --database**

  Specify alternate database file

- **-b, --background**

  Run in the background (will mail any errors to aide.conf MAILTO or root)

## FILES

- **/etc/aide/aide.conf, /etc/aide/aide.conf.d**

  Default AIDE configuration files

- **/var/lib/aide/aide.db**

  Default location for AIDE database

- **/var/lib/aide/aide.db.new**

  Default location for newly-created AIDE database

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mike Markley \<mike@markley.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).