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# 8  
Old 09-19-2008
find / -type f | grep -v tar| xargs egrep "inittab|inetd.conf|MANPATH"

This will search all file systems mounted on /, so it may take a while. This will show any files that have at least one of the options listed above. It's not pretty, and it still may not hit a match if someone ran a script and then deleted it....

As for authlog... hmm... Look through /var/adm and see what you have for logs. It's been a few months since I've been elbow deep in HP-UX, so I can't shed a great deal of light, I'm afraid... any other helpers?
# 9  
Old 09-19-2008
Thanks for that - not sure why I thought I needed something more complicated than a find combined with grep.

So far I have not found any useful logs, most do not cover the time period.
# 10  
Old 09-19-2008
Just for kicks and giggles, have you:
1. check /var/tmp and /tmp to see if there's anything kicking around in there
2. check ps -ef to see if there's an unexpected process running - maybe for the time that spans between when the file was modified until now?
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