Files Acessed From Hard Drive logging

Gary987 · 07-29-2006, 08:50 PM

I was wondering if there is a built-in tool in linux or an application which monitors file access from hard drives.

What I am trying to find out is when their is disk activity, what files are being accessed. A program that would simply log time, file and hardrive would suffice.

Thanks,

Gary

konsolebox · 07-29-2006, 09:32 PM

hmmm... i'm not sure but maybe you're talking about 'fuser' and 'lsof'..? also you can try searching for a project in freshmeat.net like 'disk monitor'

AwesomeMachine · 07-30-2006, 01:36 AM

There are numerous tools which catalog all the last access times and modified times of all the files, and monitor for any changes or unauthorized access. That is a pretty common thing people want to do.

Gary987 · 07-31-2006, 07:55 PM

Yes lsof will foot the bill.

Thanks all,

Gary