Yeah, tripwire is more professional, but maybe md5sum is another easy choice. So, I am looking for the solution of it. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Nesbitt Sent: 2004年6月10日 11:50 To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: MD5 checksum On June 9, 2004 08:41 pm, Roger wrote: > Hi. There > > I plan to use md5sum to get the digest of each file in some folders, like > /etc /sbin .. and keep this as cron job, so that I can check the integrity > of system. > But it seems that md5sum can't calculate a sub folder, and always inform > that something is a folder bla bla.. > So, what should I do? Thanks! have you looked at "tripwire"? If it's not on your RH install, it will be on one of the CD's. It takes a bit to get it configured properly, but it will monitor all your critical files and dirs and email you daily reports. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list