[Inotify-tools] Linux User

[Laws, A. C <la...@in...>]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Eric Tchepannou
<eric.tchepannou@...:

> Hi Group,
>
> I am trying to develop a solution to monitor access to files on a linux
> environment. I was wondering if it is possible with inotifywatch to
> determine the linux user triggering an event on a monitored file.
> For example, if I am watching file /home/jbloggs/file.mp3 and it gets
> opened by a user x. Can inotifywatch also tell me which user opened the
> file?


inotify it's async, so I don't think there's a way of getting the user that
triggered an event.


> If not, could you please suggest a hint how to retrieve this information?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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So this isn't exposed in the inotify API? Or is it just not exposed by inotify-tools?