detect when a file is modified

[John Kittel]

HP-UX 11.11.

I need a way to detect when certain files are modified.

Other than writing my own program or script to look at mtimes or save versions of the files and compare to current, - is there some sort of auditing, feature, etc. that can be turned on that will do this?

Thanks.

- John

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi John:

Aside from a roll-your-own solution where you create your own database of files to be tracked along with their timestamps *and* checksums, you could look at 'tripwire'.

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/ToolsUnixSysMon.html#Tripwire

http://www.tripwire.com/products/servers/

Regards!

...JRF...

[John Kittel]

Thanks. That's what I thought, but I had to ask.

- John