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Date:      Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:58:27 -0400
From:      Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: File changes detecting
Message-ID:  <20020705065827.GC357@hal9000.halplant.com>
In-Reply-To: <165353748483.20020705164606@kristal.ru>
References:  <165353748483.20020705164606@kristal.ru>

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Igor,

>    Is there any way to detect changes of some file(s)?

You can use a file integrity checker like Tripwire or AIDE[1]. Build a
database of the files you want to watch, then run a check on them
periodically.

The tricky part is securing the database.


[1] Both in the "security" section of ports


-Andrew-
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