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Monitoring Directory Permissions

list Vernon Everett
Wed, 3 Dec 2014 06:08:39 +0800
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I know, it's a lot simpler to put it right quietly with a cron, or even
part of the update process, and I have considered this, but as always, it's
political.
The client wants it this way.

With their previous installation of Xymon, I had it working, so I know it's
possible.
However, it was all lost in a catastrophic system failure (with no backups).
I rebuilt Xymon on a new server for them, but and I can't a hell remember
how I configured the directory monitoring.

Regards
Vernon


On 2 December 2014 at 22:26, Steve Coile <user-a2e2f9aff0d1@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
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 <user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid>
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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