I created the text file below, wrote it to /etc/cron.daily/aide and
made it readable, writeable. and executable by root (same permissions as
other scripts in /etc/cron.daily/). Is this all I need to do have this
bash script run daily? Or do I need to edit some special cron file of some
sort? Does the syntab look ok in this file? This is my first attempt at a
cron job using a bash script. (email address is of course bogus). Any
assistance appreciated.

#!/bin/sh
# Advanced Intrusion Detection System (aide) report
/usr/bin/aide --check -V2 > /home/beowulf/aide-check.txt
cat /home/beowulf/aide-check.txt | mailx -s "Report" me@wherever.com
# End of file.

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:20:13 -0600, Beowulf wrote:
> I created the text file below, wrote it to /etc/cron.daily/aide and
> made it readable, writeable. and executable by root (same permissions as
> other scripts in /etc/cron.daily/). Is this all I need to do have this
> bash script run daily?

Should work. Want to test it, Try it, by hand
/etc/cron.daily/aide
then if you like,
nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
that is what crontab will do, see cat /etc/crontab


> cat /home/beowulf/aide-check.txt | mailx -s "Report" me@wherever.com

You might verify this works

echo "test shot" > /home/beowulf/aide-check.txt

mailx -s "Report" me@wherever.com < /home/beowulf/aide-check.txt

You may want to add
chown beowulf:beowulf /home/beowulf/aide-check.txt
to your script.

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:31:44 -0600, Bit Twister wrote:
> Should work. Want to test it, Try it, by hand
> /etc/cron.daily/aide
> then if you like,
> nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
> that is what crontab will do, see cat /etc/crontab

Thank you, I will try it when I get home (at coffee shop now with notebook
pc)


> You may want to add
> chown beowulf:beowulf /home/beowulf/aide-check.txt to your script.

Ok, thanks.