File Baselining

[doubletake]

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

[TwoProc]

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

[A. Clay Stephenson]

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.

[Tim Nelson]

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