topic Re: Default file permissions in Operating System - HP-UX

Default file permissions

Cara Tock — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:20:02 GMT

Is there any script or any other way to check the default files for correct permissions? I recently found that my spooler would not start because of a few incorrect file permissions and I would now like to check all of the system files.
Thanks,
Damon

Re: Default file permissions

schneider_15 — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:23:34 GMT

Hi,

refer to this thread

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x29762d88ce9cd711abdc0090277a778c,00.html

regards

Re: Default file permissions

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:25:32 GMT

Hi Damon:

# swverify \*

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Default file permissions

Leif Halvarsson_2 — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:27:44 GMT

Hi,
Yes, you can use the find . - type f -perm ... -exec chmod .... {} \;

See man page for find.

But perhaps, most easy, set permissions for all files

find . -type f -exec chmod ... {}\;

Re: Default file permissions

Stuart Abramson_2 — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:28:09 GMT

/usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt checks a bunch of them for CDE setup. Not all of them.

Re: Default file permissions

Stefan Farrelly — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:28:28 GMT

You should run a swverify on all OS-Core filesets to check they have the correct permissions and ownerships as when they were originally installed (when the box was built);

swverify OS-Core.*

If anything is amiss it will tell you.

Re: Default file permissions

Cara Tock — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:31:55 GMT

I guess my question wasn't to clear. I would like a quick and easy way to check all of the file permissions, and correct them, for the files that were installed from the HP-UX 11.0 install cd. Every install has a certain set of default files and I found some of them to have the wrong permissions.

Re: Default file permissions

Cara Tock — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:38:42 GMT

Disregard my last message. I am looking for something like swverify, but I have seen scripts that will check all of the files and correct them if they are wrong. If I have to I will create a script from swverify.

Re: Default file permissions

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:17:36 GMT

Hi (again) Damon:

Have a look at 'swverify -F'.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Default file permissions

Paul Sperry — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:40:14 GMT

Damon

We use medusa, It will check the entire file system for user, group , and permissions (w,r,x) and provide the correct permissions for
any files that are not correct.

Re: Default file permissions

Caesar_3 — Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:03:19 GMT

Hello!

If you alredy changed the permissions this
would help but for the feature you can
use tripwire that made db about the files
and after you can made a check that show if
you have any changes.

Caesar

Re: Default file permissions

Lauren Breimyer — Fri, 08 Aug 2003 17:45:25 GMT

As opposed to Tripwire, I would use Pedestal Software INTACT. It will alert you to any permission changes in real-time (which Tripwire cannot do), notify you of the change, and (optionally) automatically reverse the change back to the original. It's a really powerful tool.