To compile with support for this option, use the configure option

./configure --enable-userfiles

samhain can be compiled to support checking of files that are specified as being relative to the a user's home directory. It is intended to detect interference with files that influence process behaviour such as .profile It simply adds the appropriate file entries to the main samhain list, at the specified alerting level.

	[UserFiles]
	#
	# Activate (0 is off).
	#
	UserfilesActive=1
	
	#
	# Files to check for under each $HOME
	# A specific level can be specified.
	# The allowed values are:
	# allignore
	# attributes
	# logfiles
	# loggrow
	# noignore
	# readonly
	# user0
	# user1
	# user2
	# user3
	# user4
	# 
	# The default is noignore
	#
	UserfilesName=.login noignore
	UserfilesName=.profile readonly
	UserfilesName=.ssh/authorized_keys
	#
	# A list of UIDs where we want to check. 
	# The default is all.
	# IF THERE IS AN OPEN RANGE, IT MUST BE LAST
	#
	UserfilesCheckUids=0,100-500,1000-
      

This module by the eircom.net Computer Incident Response Team.