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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:03:26 -0700 (MST)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: stan <stanb@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Software inventory management
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, stan wrote:

> Sudenly there is an improved desire to keep up to date on the latest
> security fixes at work. I've got about 50 machines that I manage. OpenBSD,
> FreeBSD, Linux, Solairs, and HP-UX.
>
> I am looking for recomendations for a (hopefully automed), prefereably
> web based tool to keep up with what versions of OS, OS patches, and ports
> are installed on these machines.
>
> Could anyone with experience using such a tool share their experience,
> both good and bad for such [ackages?

Look at Nagios.org.  It already has plugins that will check things like 
disk space, and there may be something similar for software versions.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA