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>>1) periodic(8) -- run periodic system functions. runs daily, weekly, |
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>>monthly and security scripts. These scripts do everything from check |
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>>rejected emails to backing up the passwd file. It's also got a local |
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>>facility where I can put my own scripts in. It's run out of cron and |
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>>emails the output of the periodic output nice and clean. I |
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>>understand that I can manually manufacture the equivalent scripts, |
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>>but I was hoping there was something similar out there. |
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> I don't see how this is any different to just using cron? |
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Ye, you need sys-process/vixie-cron. |
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Then you may have a look at app-forensics/aide |
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which checks for altered files in selected dirs. |
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And probably app-admin/tenshi - log parsing and notification. |
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HTH, |
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Sasha |
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