Lansweeper allows you to scan specific files on your Linux computers. Custom file scanning retrieves various properties (version, company, size, creation date, last accessed date and last modified date) of a specific file.
This is useful to detect packages that are not installed by the Linux package manager. If you submit "/opt/sophos-spl/base/VERSION.ini" for file scanning for instance, Lansweeper will scan the file and report whether or not Sophos AV has been installed.
Custom file and directory scanning
- Browse to the Scanning > Scanned Item Interval section of the web console.
- Open the dropdown menu for the "LINUXFILES" item and select your preferred scanning option.
Tip: If you want to scan for files during every scan, set the interval to "0".
- Browse to the Scanning > File & registry scanning section of the web console.
- Select the Linux menu.
- In the File and directory scanning section of the page, select Add file or directory scanning.
- In the pop-up, enter the file path of the file you want to scan and select Ok.
- Rescan your Linux asset by going to the Assets section, selecting the Linux asset and selecting Rescan asset(s).
- To view scan results, browse to the Scanning > File & registry scanning > Linux section, and select Report.
Alternatively, you can run a custom report or view an individual computer's scan results in the Config > Scanned Info > File Info section of the computer's Lansweeper webpage.