[Xymon] Monitoring Directory Permissions

[James Louis]

inotifywait comes to mind but there are other alternatives like scripting
something to watch the audit log.

Jim

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Vernon Everett <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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