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- AUDIT -- examine file security
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- Some of the simplest file security is acheived by altering
- file attributes, whether making the files read-only, or even
- hidden from normal directory searches. The problem then is,
- identifying which files have been secured, and which have been
- hidden.
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- This series of programs attempts to identify these files,
- showing them as 'unusual,' that is to say, having attribute
- settings that are not usual.
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- VTREEHP will print a visual tree of the current (or indicated)
- drive, and report on 'normal' and 'hidden' directories. (The
- latter do not appear in DIR commands, and some programs may
- not know of their existance; however, you can still CD/CHDIR
- into a hidden directory, and use it as you would any other
- once you are within.)
-
- UNUSUAL will travel through the entire tree structure of the
- current drive, and for each directory, it will list files that
- are other than normal or usual. Hidden, system, or read-only
- files and subdirectories are considered unusual. Having the
- archive attribute set is NOT unusual.
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- AUDIT uses these two commands to first show the tree structure
- of the given drive, and then to examine it for the indicated
- files.
-
- Syntax for AUDIT is simple. Merely list all the drive names
- (without colons!) of the drives you want examined. For
- example,
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- AUDIT C D E F
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- will audit drives C through F. Before the audit begins, you
- will be given a chance to turn on the printer using [Ctrl]
- and [PrtSc], should you desire to do so. At the end of the
- audit, you will be reminded to turn off the printer in the
- same fashion.
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- Why do you need AUDIT?
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- I designed the AUDIT system to keep track of unauthorized
- files on the various PCs at the office. Some jokesters made
- a hidden directory and filled it up with games. Not anymore.
- Some kept personal files on the system, again just hiding
- them. They, too are gone. Finally, it allowed me to see all
- the files which were secured properly against accidental
- erasure.
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- If you find AUDIT, or VTREEHP, or UNUSUAL of use, I won't feel
- bad if you throw a few bucks my direction. Aim for:
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- Thomas Tuerke
- 441 San Carlos Way
- Novato, CA, 94947
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- Thank you.