When samhain database is renamed or moved from /var/lib/samhain the script
/etc/init.d/samhain tries to execute 'samhain -t init' and then fails anyway as
database is re-created in different location.
Instead of using hard-coded path of /var/lib/samhain/samhain_file a check of
config file should be done - something like
'cat /etc/samhain/samhainrc | grep ^SetDatabasePath | sed s/SetDatabasePath=//'
to check if database path is redefined.

Hello,

Bug #868158 in samhain reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/samhain/-/commit/45dcb26778c913ba58b0f12982c50993ce820718
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debian/samhain.init: Instead of using hard-coded path of
 /var/lib/samhain/samhain_file for the location of the database, check the
 configuration file. This prevents samhain from failing in case the
 administrator has changed its location (Closes: #868158)
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(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/868158

tag 868158  pending
thanks

Dear Alexander,

Thanks for submitting this bug. I have just uploaded a potential fix for
this bug to the GIT repository:
https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/samhain/-/commit/45dcb26778c913ba58b0f12982c50993ce820718

It should be fixed in the next package upload.


Saludos

Javier

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
samhain, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 868158@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sven Geuer <sge@debian.org> (supplier of updated samhain package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2025 21:05:45 +0200
Source: samhain
Architecture: source
Version: 4.1.4-7
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools <team+pkg-security@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sven Geuer <sge@debian.org>
Closes: 868158 1097839 1099415 1107458 1111631
Changes:
 samhain (4.1.4-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
 .
   [ Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña ]
   * Add build conflict on autoconf-archive to prevent FTBFS (Closes: #1099415)
   * debian/samhain.init: Instead of using hard-coded path of
     /var/lib/samhain/samhain_file for the location of the database, check the
     configuration file. This prevents samhain from failing in case the
     administrator has changed its location (Closes: #868158)
 .
   [ Sven Geuer ]
   * d/rules:
     - Quick fix to make samhain 4.1.4 buildable using GCC-15 (Closes: #1097839)
     - Quick fix preventing potential segfaults (Closes: #1111631)
       Thanks to Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> for debugging and
       providing a patch.
   * Update Portuguese debconf template translations (Closes: #1107458)
     Thanks to Américo Monteiro <a_monteiro@gmx.com> for providing it.
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