I just tested this using file instead of dir. It works for UNIX (everything is a file), can't speak for windows. I'm not sure that it is designed or intended to work this way and I doubt you can mix DIR and FILE for the same O/S directory.
analysis.cfg
DIR /foo SIZE<8192 SIZE>4096 COLOR=yellow
FILE /foo MODE=0644 COLOR=RED TRACK FILE /foo OWNERID=johndoe COLOR=yellow
client-local.cfg file:/foo:md5
Good Luck.
From: Xymon [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] on behalf of Vernon Everett [everett.vernon at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:08 PM To: Xymon mailinglist Subject: Re: [Xymon] Monitoring Directory Permissions
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 <scoile at mcclatchyinteractive.com<mailto:scoile at mcclatchyinteractive.com>> 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 <everett.vernon at gmail.com<mailto:everett.vernon at gmail.com>> 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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