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On Windows, Open-AudIT uses VBscript as it's primary method of auditing. SNMP is also supported (and details detailed below). Windows has a notorious reputation where remote WMI is concerned. It's tends to either "just work" or some mystery item on the target requires changing. If you are experiencing difficulty auditing remote Windows PCs, we have created a script called test_windows_client.vbs. You can run this script LOCALLY on the machine in question, after signing on as the user that is used by Open-AudIT to perform the audit. The script makes NO CHANGES to the target system. It checks most of the items below and generates PASS, FAIL and INFO tags for various properties. NOTE - If your target system is being audited correctly, you should not change any settings. Some of the below do not exist on Windows PCs that are able to be audited and some do exist. Only change settings if yours audits are not working as intended.

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On Linux, Open-AudIT uses SSH as it's primary method of auditing. SNMP is also support supported (and detailed below).

The user used to audit a Linux host should be root or have sudo access. Some distributions do not allow sudo over an SSH session without a terminal. On these distributions, root can be used.

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On VMware ESX, Open-AudIT uses SSH as it's primary method of auditing. SNMP is also support supported (and detailed below).

OSX

On OSX, Open-AudIT uses SSH as it's primary method of auditing. SNMP is also support supported (and detailed below).

The OSX audit script should be run by root or using sudo access.

AIX

On AIX, Open-AudIT uses SSH as it's primary method of auditing. SNMP is also supported (and detailed below).

The AIX audit script should be run by root.

SNMP

SNMP v1 and v2c are supported. Read access is required.

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