Fitzgerald & Long Sentry, User Manual

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SENTRY User’s Guide Section 1 - 5
Fitzgerald & Long
We recommend: Upload the passwd and group files into the SENTRY databases on a regular basis to
INSURE that SENTRY reflects an accurate view of your system. Because of the numerous file system
changes which occur daily in the normal course of operations, we recommend that you execute the program
which creates the file system view on a regular basis as well. These programs should be scheduled as
“over night” jobs at least once a week on systems with “normal” activity.
Because every site is unique, please discuss your system requirements with us if you are undecided about
the frequency with which you should be uploading (recreating) the SENTRY database.
The program that loads the UNIX passwd and group data into SENTRY can be run outside SENTRY’s
menu system, in “batch” mode. The program can be run at TCL, either directly or using the
“PHANTOM” command. This allows you to schedule the process via cron, BENTON or some other
utility. The command line to invoke the program is:
SENTRY.DB.LOAD (BATCH)
There is no difference in the actions performed whether the program is run from the menu for in “batch”
mode.