[hobbit] need help checking a file status

[Rolf Schrittenlocher]

Hi Tom,

what about a cronjob copying the file every minute and changing the 
rights of the copy? Then you may monitor the copy.

Rolf
>
> We had an ‘event’ earlier in the week where a file ended as 
> zero-length, so I want to monitor it with hobbit.
>
> Unfortunately, it is mode 600 owned by root, in a directory mode 600 
> owned by root.
>
> I’d like to report this under the ‘files’ column, but I’d rather not 
> do logfetch as suid rot.
>
> Has anyone had luck using the file:command interface to use sudo?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> Tom Kauffman
>


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