From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 18:56:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 369C91065782 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:56:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E3618FC1F for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:55:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mABItviO053880 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:55:57 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mABItuEj053879; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:55:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:55:52 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: "Garcia, Tony" Message-ID: <20081111185552.GJ85407@dan.emsphone.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mtree X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:56:00 -0000 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