topic Re: Imporatant files to protect in Operating System - HP-UX

Imporatant files to protect

wip — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:58:14 GMT

Hi Guys,

wonder if any one could add to my knowledge of important config files to be protected under hpux 11i and later version.Imporatant binaries as well

tia
Wip

Re: Imporatant files to protect

harry d brown jr — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:05:22 GMT

Everything a make_tape_recovery backs up.

man make_tape_recovery

live free or die
harry d brown jr

Re: Imporatant files to protect

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:07:21 GMT

tripwire is a third party tool that will protect binaries or at least notify you when they change.

SEP

Re: Imporatant files to protect

Mel Burslan — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:09:05 GMT

if the purpose is a diseaster recovery, I would suggest making two copies of a recovery media with make_tape_recovery.

Also, as a written documentation reference, I woudl print out the txt output from cfg2html script and keep it in a safe place.

Re: Imporatant files to protect

Jino.P.V — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:38:30 GMT

Hi,
I couldn't make out what do you mean by "to be protected". If your object is regarding backup, as others said ignite backup is the best way. Or did you mean the security?

regards,

Jino

Re: Imporatant files to protect

Bill Hassell — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:51:48 GMT

All the configuration files and executables for HP-UX are protected by the permissions of the directories. The only method for these files to be changed is by logging in as root. That means, no one gets the root password except a specific system administrator or two.

As far as backups, there are about 5000 files and directories that need to be saved and have restricted access. As mentioned, Ignite/UX and fbackup can copy these files to tape.