[lug] The init process

[Kenneth D Weinert]

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Chris Riddoch wrote:
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Kenneth D Weinert
> <kenw at quarter-flash.com> wrote:
>> Turns out that a required step is to verify that an anti-virus program
>> is running.
>>
>> Hard to do on Linux, of course, so the admin at the company looked for a
>> program that would always be running and came up with init.
> 
> If I were in your shoes... on the one hand I'd want to point out that
> init isn't an antivirus program, but on the other, I'm not sure how
> many more times I want to have the inevitable discussion on why
> antivirus programs aren't so useful on Linux and the design
> differences between Windows and Linux, and... no, I suppose I'd just
> leave that argument for someone else to make.
> 
> Yup, look for /sbin/init or init.  I suppose that'll do.  *sigh*
> 

That was her solution - she *knows* there isn't anti-virus for Linux but
the tool *requires* checking for one. Thus the check for a program that
will always be there so that the anti-virus check passes.

She chose the right program but, not being a Linux person, set up the
check for it but the example she had used the full path and so that's
what she tested for.

She was very helpful once I found the problem and it took her less than
10 minutes to implement a check for just plain init.

Even though we officially have RHEL as the Linux solution at work,
nothing in the services area is really set up to handle it. She does the
 best she can, but has very little experience with Linux.

So, not an ideal solution, but it's a livable one.
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