On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 12:10:07AM -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > On Wednesday 09 June 2004 11:41 pm, Roger wrote: > > 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! > > You can also use RPM to check the integrity of your file, especially the > critical binary ones (ie. ls, ps, top, cd, etc.). Look at "man rpm", look at > the option verivy (-V) and Verify all (-Va). It's also explained in RH manual > / Security guide at www.redhat.com. I think it's under the chapter "RPM as > intrusion detection", or something like that. However, if somebody has compromised one of your utilities, the odds may be good that they've compromised your rpm database which renders rpm -V useless. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
