Software inventory management

[Warren Block]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, stan wrote:

> Sudenly there is an improved desire to keep up to date on the latest
> security fixes at work. I've got about 50 machines that I manage. OpenBSD,
> FreeBSD, Linux, Solairs, and HP-UX.
>
> I am looking for recomendations for a (hopefully automed), prefereably
> web based tool to keep up with what versions of OS, OS patches, and ports
> are installed on these machines.
>
> Could anyone with experience using such a tool share their experience,
> both good and bad for such [ackages?

Look at Nagios.org.  It already has plugins that will check things like 
disk space, and there may be something similar for software versions.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA