topic Re: File Baselining in Operating System - HP-UX

File Baselining

doubletake — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:58:20 GMT

We have been using a tool that is now no longer supported to run file baselines in order to identify files that have been changed. I understand that there are some native HP utilities that can checksum files and therefore perform the same functionality - is anyone doing anything similar and if so what tool(s) are you using

Re: File Baselining

TwoProc — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:03:48 GMT

Tripwire has been ported to HPUX. I believe that is an HPUX distribution - check out software.hp.com.

Re: File Baselining

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:11:51 GMT

Tripwire will do it or you can do a homegrown solution built around cksum. The idea is that create a database (which might be a flat file) that contains the pathname, time of last modication, file size, mode, owner, group, and a cksum. You then periodically check the files listed in the database against their current versions. I done a homemade solution in Perl that satifies my SOX guys but then again I had been doing that for years before SOX was even thought of.

Re: File Baselining

Tim Nelson — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:21:22 GMT

HP's IDS9000 is still out there. It will ( or at least used to ) monitor critical files for changes.