Auditor Help: Specifying Unix Systems

The software needs to have systems defined to connect and collect data. You must have access to and adequate permissions on the systems you wish to document.

To identify a new system:

1. In the Select Servers dialog box, click New... (or select an existing system and click on Edit...).
   



2. In the Server Specification dialog box, on the Main tab, enter the Host name or IP address of the system to be documented.
3. Check the SSH / Login not required option to connect using a secure and encrypted connection for the data, .use a Secure Shell (SSH) connection.
   Read more about using SSH.
   Tip: The software default connection method is telnet. To enable an SSH connection method using the ssh client included with the software, check the SSH / Login not required option.
   When the default connection method is not used, the SSH / Login not required option is disabled.
4. Enter the Login name. Any valid user name that can be used to connect to the system - via a Telnet or SSH session.
5. Enter the valid Password / Phrase for the login name given.
6. Retype the password/phrase to confirm that it's correct.
7. Enter the valid Root password for the system. To collect data beyond the areas the login user can access, the root password for the target system is required.
8. Retype the root password to confirm that it's correct.
   Tip: The software can collect information to which the specified user account has access. Additional system information can be gathered if the login user account is a member of group sys on the target systems. To enable the software to collect all configuration information root password is required.



9. Click on the Connection Information tab if you wish to specify connection methods.
   
10. For the Connection method, enter the path to the application you wish to use for connecting. Typical options include OpenSSH, WinSSH, Telnet. Leaving the field at "default" or blank will use the telnet/ssh client included with the software.
11. Enter any Arguments you wish to use with the connection method application.
12. Accept or change the Login delay. The default is five thousand (5000) milliseconds.
13. If you use an alternate Login prompt, enter the character, word, or phrase for which to search.
14. Accept or change the Root prompt delay. The default is two thousand (2000) milliseconds.
15. If you use an alternate Root prompt, enter the character, word, or phrase for which to search.



16. Click on the Advanced tab if you wish to specify additional information, such as SUDO and sshd parameters for collecting.
    
17. Click to check the Use Global Appendix option if you wish include additional files in reports and wish to use the default list provided by Ecora (in the path indicated) for all systems (see Appending files).
18. If you wish specify a different or additional list of files to append, enter the correct path (for this system) in the Defined By field (see Appending files).
19. Click to check the Use Global Checksum option if you wish to have Auditor perform MD5 checksum verification on the default list provided by Ecora (in the path indicated) for all systems (see Using Checksums).
20. If you wish specify a different or additional list of files to verify, enter the correct path (for this system) in the Defined By field (see Using Checksums).
21. Click to check the Use Global Custom Methods option if you wish to execute a default list of commands on target systems and report those results (provided by Ecora in the path indicated) (see Using Custom Methods).
22. If you wish specify a different or additional list of commands, enter the correct path (for this system) in the Defined By field (see Using Custom Methods).
23. Click to check the Use SUDO to collect data option if you wish to have Auditor perform data collection procedure via SUDO routine. You also must set correct paths to SUDO utility executable and its config file, and choose whether all collection commands are to be executed SUDOed or only commands requiring root privileges.
      Note: To perform data collection process utilizing SUDO, you must update SUDO configuration file (sudoers) on your servers you want to document and add the list of commands used by Auditor to collect the data for desirable user name.
24. If you've chosen to connect to a server using SSH logon method (using respective checkbox on Main tab) to collect the data, you also are able to set paths for SSH executable and SSH config file and define the name of SSHD config file.



25. Click on the Unix Groups tab if you wish to create groups of systems.
    
26. Use the > button to move the selected file type to the Selected list (or >> to move all types to the selected side).
27. In the Security options area, use the drop-down list box to choose determine if UIDs ranges specified are included or excluded.
28. Click Add to define a UID range to include or exclude (or select an existing range and click Edit or Remove to delete).
29. Click in the Do not collect passwords option to prevent recording user passwords.
30. Click in the Collect home user directory size option to report user space consumption.



31. Click on the Custom Attributes tab if you wish to define attributes to add to reports.
    
32. If no attributes are available, see External Data Integration to add attributes.
33. Assuming at least one attribute is defined, click in the Value field to enter specifics for this system.
34. Enter or select a value (depending on data type, the value field may be a text field or a drop-down selection).
35. Click OK.
36. Proceed with selecting for Unix reports.

Tip: If you select an already-specified system in the Selected list and click on the New... button, the New Server Specification box is filled in with the connecting data for the selected system to edit to create the new system specification.