Bill H
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Linux file access monitoring
Hey guys, is there good tools to monitor a Linux file server access? As in like change logs and access to files?
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Look at alfresco community.
Depends what the files are, you could use subversion to check out/in files.
Depends what the files are, you could use subversion to check out/in files.
I used to use Tripwire:
https://www.tripwire.com/
However, I'm not sure if it still has the functionality you're after.
Here is a quick VPS ubuntu tutorial on creating a policy file etc:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-tripwire-to-detect-server-intrusions-on-an-ubuntu-vps
When I used it, In testing I was able to detect whether a user had been trying to access directories with permissions to disallow them. It also dealt with file integrity (i.e. file changes - as you seem interested).
https://www.tripwire.com/
However, I'm not sure if it still has the functionality you're after.
Here is a quick VPS ubuntu tutorial on creating a policy file etc:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-tripwire-to-detect-server-intrusions-on-an-ubuntu-vps
When I used it, In testing I was able to detect whether a user had been trying to access directories with permissions to disallow them. It also dealt with file integrity (i.e. file changes - as you seem interested).
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