[Xymon] Monitoring Directory Permissions

[Galen Johnson]

I thought directories supported the same monitors as files so you could check for mode=777, for example.  However, the man page seems to contradict this.


=G=


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From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of Steve Coile <scoile at mcclatchyinteractive.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:26 AM
To: Vernon Everett
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Subject: Re: [Xymon] Monitoring Directory Permissions

What's the point of monitoring for it?  To let you know you need to correct them?  If that, why not just put a cron job in place that sets them properly?


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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Vernon Everett <everett.vernon at gmail.com<mailto:everett.vernon at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi guys

I have a directory on a client system, and it needs to have permission of 777
>From time to time, automated software updates sets it to 770.
I am looking for a way to check this, and alert when permissions are not as they should be.
Any advice appreciated.

Regards
Vernon

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