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Re: [LUG] monitoring a file

 

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Simon Waters wrote:
> William Fidell wrote:
> 
>>Slight variation on this.  I was planning to write up a script that,
>>running daily, would be able to report to me which files had been
>>updated that day, or last 24h to be exact.  Basically, this is to
>>monitor a whole set of websites for unwanted changes.
> 
> 
> This actually sounds more like tripwire than the previous one.
> 
> No idea what Neil is smoking.
> 
> Tripwire is usually used to watch for unauthorised changes to system
> files, as well as alterations to permissions or ownership, but it is
> readily extended via the policy file to monitor other directories.
> 

ok, and when you alter the settings within the tripwire monitoring..
what do you have ??

A scheduled run of tripwire would show up anything changed within the
set period...

So.. who is smoking what now ?
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