MD5 checksum

[Pete Nesbitt]

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