Thanks Chris:
I am aware of vast amounts of Perl resources.
I usually do forum signups, then mailing list(s)/subscribe on a couple. This gets the information
flowing in the right direction (mine).
My modus operandi is to jump in the deep end of things and slowly make my way towards some goal or task that I need to accomplish.
Right now I am trying to "slice and dice" the /var/log/secure logs from CentOS hosts because every Sunday like clockwork my zabbix mon appliance goes bananas on a simple-check for sshd on some systems hosted...well not at c9.
So my Perl script/exercise has a two-fold purpose:
- Routinely audit the CentOS hosts for intrusion.
- Verify the false-positive from our zabbix mon by that audit.
I have a working script now. I posted my query over
here... where spjackson told me "I've made the minimal changes to make it work".
So it appears that I was on target with the changes I did manage.
So now I have something that mostly works, RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.
It's a huge field and I'm a late starter, but I remain encouraged. Crud, I never even turned on a computer until I was 33 (19 years ago).
Currently, I am focusing on the hard copy publication that I have right here. And using online resources when I need to.
I now ask myself a
lot throughout the day, how would Perl do "
that"?
It's the same reason all over again...
John got bored.
I got bored with Windows and installed Linux.
I got bored with the
Linux Distros Wars and installed Slackware.
I got bored with vanilla-flavored Package Management.
I got bored with writing bash scripts.
Today, I remain Inspired!
Thank you for your time,
JJ
Edit0: Ya know, it didn't even occur to me to raise the zabbix
interval for the check.
But where's the fun in that?