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seoswd Daemon

Valid on UNIX

The CA ControlMinder watchdog daemon.

The watchdog (seoswd) monitors the file information and digital signatures of programs that are defined in the database as trusted programs. Monitoring is performed in the background with a minimal load on the system. The CA ControlMinder agent daemon seagent automatically starts seoswd.

The seoswd daemon performs the following functions:

There are two ways in which you can set up the Watchdog scanning mechanism:

  1. Determine a start time and then repeat scans at a given interval.

    For example, when checking trusted programs, the Watchdog will start the first scan at PgmTestStartTime and will check all the trusted programs. Rescanning will take place PgmTestInterval seconds after the beginning of the previous scan.

  2. Scan at given times.

Note: In both cases, the Watchdog will sleep periodically for a predetermined rest period (PgmRest seconds) during each scan. The Watchdog rests in order to prevent system overload.

You can choose to use one mechanism or both simultaneously. For example, starting at 12:00, scan every 4 hours as well as at 13:00 and 17:30.

In addition to the above mentioned mechanisms for routine scanning of the trusted programs and secured files, there is a way to perform a one-time scan on demand by sending a HUP signal (see token SignalMinInterval).

If you invoke seoswd without an argument, it runs as a daemon. If you invoke seoswd with the ‑d argument, it runs as a daemon, but displays all debug information on the terminal from which you invoked it.

More information:

seuidpgm Utility—Extract Trusted Programs