[rhn-users] Why do all of the files in /etc get changed every oncein a while?

[Christopher L. Barnard]

No system updates have been done, but full backups correspond to the
tripwire reports.  But why would full backups change the timestamp of
all of the files in /etc but not alter any others?

Christopher

On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 15:31 +0000, scott fletcher (BITS) wrote:
> I have only seen 2 reasons for this happening.
> 
> 1. system updates
> 2. backup software (full backups)
> 
> Any chance the times match with either of these ?
> 
> Scott
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Christopher L. Barnard
> Sent: 09 March 2009 15:27
> To: rhn-users at redhat.com
> Subject: [rhn-users] Why do all of the files in /etc get changed every
> oncein a while?
> 
> I am rolling Tripwire out to our linux RH boxes (3, 4, and 5) now that
> all of the Sun Solaris servers are done.  Several times now on a monday
> morning Tripwire reports that every file in /etc has changed on a couple
> of the servers.  Its always the timestamp.  It is always a change to the
> same date and time for every file in /etc.  This has happened on RH3,
> RH4, and RH5 servers.  It only happens on a few each week.  Why would
> this be happening?
> 
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