CO-fmon configuration file

The CO-fmon configuration file (CO-fmon.cnf) contains all parameters and specifications related to the Unix File Integrity Monitor (FIM). You can find this file in the same directory as the CO-fmon program, by default /opt/BMC Defender or /usr/local/BMC Defender. For an example of this file, see Example-of-CO-fmon-cnf.

During installation, the root administrator must edit this file to specify the location of the BMC Defender Server. The administrator must modify the DestinationAddress and DestinationPort configuration directives to specify the location of the server. (The CO-fmon.cnf file does not rely on any information contained in the CO-logmon.cnf file. Both of these directives usually correspond to each other, but they can be different depending on the organization's management strategy.)

Additionally, you might want to tailor the CO-fmon.cnf configuration file to include special folders and match patterns appropriate to the FIM activity. Specifically, you can add folders to monitor via the Directory configuration item, such as the special applications supported by the UNIX platform.

If the configuration file changes via a manual edit, you must stop and restart CO-logmon. If the configuration file changes via a remote configuration operation, restarting CO-fmon is not required.

CO-fmon.cnf is similar to CO-logmon.cnf and to the same file found in the Windows FIM program, documented in the Windows File Integrity Monitor manual.

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