Linux audit requirements

Alloy Discovery successfully audits Linux distributions that allow running the following standard Linux commands:

• which
• whoami
• uname
• ifconfig
• finger
• df
• smbclient
• chkconfig

  For collecting software information:

  • dpkg
  • rpm
  • equery
  • ls /var/log/packages
  • locale

  Additional commands for the Direct Network Scan:

  • pwd
  • date
  • cat
  • find
  • od

  For VMware ESX audit:

  • vmware
  • vmware-cmd
  • For Xen audit:
  • virsh
  • xe

  For Citrix XenServer audit:

  • xapi
  • xe
  • xm

  For sending e-mail (if the Remote Audit method with e-mail delivery is used):

  • A sendmail-compatible Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) must be configured and started, and the PATH environment variable should contain the sendmail directory, or you must have access to an SMTP server.