Results of a blank auditpls.ini?

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Zac Truelove's picture

During my time as an Altiris admin, I've never worked with a blank auditpls.ini before.  If it were to have all settings removed, what would the software audit do by default?

bgreen's picture

Best Guess: Nothing

Solution

I haven't tried it, but my guess would be that auditpls would error from an invalid .ini.  Even if it doesn't error from being passed a blank file, without items in the File Mask or Disk Usage section, it wouldn't actually record anything from a scan.

Zac Truelove's picture

So I'm guessing the "out of

So I'm guessing the "out of the box" auditpls.ini has, at a minimum, *.exe listed as a file mask?

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Zac Truelove
Desktop Application Administrator
Southwestern Energy Company
http://www.swn.com

Stu Harris's picture

The out of the box

The out of the box auditpls.ini has quite a bit of "stuff" in it.  I agree with bgreen, it may not pick anything up if it was blank.

Zac Truelove's picture

Thanks, guys.  I appreciate

Thanks, guys.  I appreciate the info.

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Zac Truelove
Desktop Application Administrator
Southwestern Energy Company
http://www.swn.com