Re: File change notification along with user

[Abhijit Pawar <apawar.linux@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/12/2011 10:50 AM, V.Ravikumar wrote:

Other than fanotify , I can achieve my requirement through a driver/module. If this can be achieved through a driver/module please provide me inputs to start.

Thanks,
Ravi

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:27 AM, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM, V.Ravikumar <ravikumar.vallabhu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

Is it possible to write a module/driver which notifies file/directory change asynchronously along with user name(or with uid) who modified it.

inotify will do change notification but it will not provide uid who modified/created the file.

audit and inotify combination can work, but I'm looking for a better option than this.

Please help me.

Thanks,
Ravi

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You can have a look at fanotify.

Refer http://lwn.net/Articles/339253/

Regards,
Rohan Puri

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Hi Ravi,
As mentioned in the article, you can start looking at fsnotify code in the kernel. What we need is like something inserted between the VFS Layer and the filesystem driver which will tell you what is going on.

Regards,
Abhijit Pawar

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