md5mon is a shell script that verifies files by computing their checksums. The script is suitable for use as a basic security checking tool from cron. It features configurable monitoring levels, local copies of find/md5sum, and integrity checks to prevent tampering with itself. It can also use a more secure shasum instead of md5sum.
| Tags | Systems Administration Logging Security |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Public Domain |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | Unix Shell |
Recent releases


Release Notes: A bugfix where checksums were not updated correctly in some cases.


Release Notes: New lists for individual files, an option to add separate files to lists for monitoring, improved documentation, and an improved "trustedsource" script for more secure integrity check.


Release Notes: Some security and reporting enhancements were made.


Release Notes: More flexible exclusions of files to be monitored, and bugfixes.