[TriLUG] Utility to help with SOX

[John Mitchell]

Almost like a 'user' trying to get around the SysAdmin     :(

john mitchell

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:16 PM, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:

> As deeply amusing as I find it to be addressed as a Gentle Being on a
> LUG mailing list by someone named win7user at aol.com, you are going to
> have to be a little more specific if you want some help or suggestions.
>
> A framework to do what? Checking and logging? Checking and logging what?
> Or to change config files? Which ones and for what purpose, and what
> precisely are your restrictions? And how could you expect to accomplish
> this while not installing any software?
>
> --bak
>
> On 8/12/11 11:01 PM, win7user at aol.com wrote:
> > Oh, I forgot to say that we probably can't do that - opening ports,
> > installing software.  We are a hamstrung organization.  Our sysadmins are
> > distant, detached, and distracted. Red tape is thick. Maybe someday.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Pusateri <mpusateri at wickedtrails.com>
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Fri, Aug 12, 2011 8:47 pm
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Utility to help with SOX
> >
> >
> > Would puppet or cfengine work, both are pretty handy...
> >
> > Matt P
> >
> > On Aug 12, 2011, at 5:05 PM, win7user at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Gentle Beings:
> >>
> >>           Where I work, if I were to add a new line to a configuration
> file,
> > several people have to do maybe an hour of work to comply with our great
> SOX
> > law.  (God bless the Senate)
> >>
> >>           But, if I just run a utility that does some checking/logging,
> then
> > there is much less meta-work to do.   I am capable of inventing this
> wheel, but
> > might there be a framework out there?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> Gill
> >>
> >>
> >>
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