Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:55:52 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Garcia, Tony" <tony.garcia@lmco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mtree Message-ID: <20081111185552.GJ85407@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <D45A4AC96AE7594782B7209593F6E57A1A638C2C@emss02m09.us.lmco.com> References: <D45A4AC96AE7594782B7209593F6E57A1A638C2C@emss02m09.us.lmco.com>
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In the last episode (Nov 10), Garcia, Tony said: > Another developer received approval to test mtree for our project. > He has since left and no one knows anything about this application. > We are looking at mtree as a way to provide auditing of machines for > permissions, ownership and date changes as well as performing cksum > on each file. Is there any way you can point me to documentation > that gives me a high and low level of what mtree can do. I've tried > compiling the version that was downloaded, but it fails because it > needs other files which are not present (like .h files). > > I'd appreciate any help you can provide. The google returns are far > too numerous to make heads or tails from. I also have checked the > freebsd info but I can't find any documentation. Thank you. Manpage: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mtree Here's a blog entry that explains how to use it as a file verification tool: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=283 "Use mtree for filesystem integrity auditing" -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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