From: Fritz Wuehler Subject: Re: Noting EVERY File Write/Change/Delete in (near) Real Time ??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:39:47 +0200 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!sewer!news.dizum.net!not-for-mail Organization: dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider X-Abuse: abuse@dizum.com Injection-Info: sewer.dizum.com - 2001::1/128 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:35705 2> kernel jocks, we CAN think of uses for knowing EVERY file 2> create/mod/delete no matter where. If there isn't a place to 2> check for those, MAKE one ! What you are asking for could easily lead to an infinite loop: recording all filesystem changes on the filesystem being monitored is a sure way to crash your system. If you really want it now and can't wait until the kernel developers add such a feature: - get the sources of some userland filesystem like CFS, the cryptographic file system by Matt Blaze (it's similar to NFS with an extra encryption layer) - add your desired hooks - mount the directory/ies of interest on some other filesystem - enjoy