diff -Naur aide-0.9/src/conf_yacc.y aide-0.9-p/src/conf_yacc.y
--- aide-0.9/src/conf_yacc.y	Sat Nov 23 12:05:41 2002
+++ aide-0.9-p/src/conf_yacc.y	Sat Nov 23 12:05:55 2002
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 %token TEND_CONFIG
 %token TBEGIN_DB
 %token TEND_DB
+%token TEND_DBNOMD
 %token TID
 %token <s> TSTRING
 %token '='
@@ -151,6 +152,9 @@
        | TEND_DB {
 	  conferror("Error while reading configuration");
           }
+       | TEND_DBNOMD {
+	  conferror("Error while reading configuration");
+          }
        | error {
 	  conferror("Error while reading configuration");
 	  YYABORT;
diff -Naur aide-0.9/src/db_file.c aide-0.9-p/src/db_file.c
--- aide-0.9/src/db_file.c	Thu May 30 11:42:46 2002
+++ aide-0.9-p/src/db_file.c	Sat Nov 23 12:08:06 2002
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@
       }
       
       /*  */
+      if(gotend_db){
+	return NULL;
+      }
 
       error(0,"Not enough parameters in db:%i. Trying to continue.\n",
 	    *db_lineno);
@@ -515,6 +518,11 @@
       break;
     }
 
+    case TEND_DBNOMD : {
+      gotend_db=1;
+      break;
+    }
+
     case TEOF : {
       if(gotend_db){
 	return NULL;
diff -Naur aide-0.9/src/db_lex.l aide-0.9-p/src/db_lex.l
--- aide-0.9/src/db_lex.l	Wed May 29 10:04:27 2002
+++ aide-0.9-p/src/db_lex.l	Sat Nov 23 12:05:55 2002
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
   return (TSTRING);
 }
 
+^"@@end_db" {
+  return (TEND_DBNOMD);
+}
+
 "@@"({L}+) {
   return (TUNKNOWN);
 }