Generate logs on failed folder access

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asked 2013-04-20 15:26:55 -0500

I have set a deny permission on a group for a folder in Fedora 17. I want to generate logs when a user from this group is tring to access this denied folder.

Is it possible?

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answered 2013-04-20 20:09:27 -0500

wquine
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You can use the audit system that's built in to Fedora to watch for reads on the directory. Check out the man page for auditctl, in particular, the -w flag.

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