Question about the availibility of a capability?

Anthony Barbachan (barbacha@trill.cis.fordham.edu)
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 02:03:59 -0400

I'd like to know if there is currently a way to monitor the creation and/or
modification of new or old files. One of the very few annoyances of UNIX
systems is that programs tend to spred their files throughout various
directories. Package managers have helped the situation but they are
useless once one starts to upgrade one's system with updated programs
compiled from its source. I figure the best way the start to aliviate this
situation would be to be able to monitor the create of new files,
installation of files, and the modification of old files. The ability to
monitor would also be useful for anti-hacker programs as well as others. My
problem currently is that I do not know if such a capability currently
exists. If it doesn't I would be very interested in writing such a
capability into the kernel, so I would also appreciate any suggentions of
where the modification such be made. At the file system level? Other
level, etc?

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