hi all
i am working on a monitoring script for my server... i am able to monitor all the explicit sessions ... the problem arises when some one is using editplus to modify a file in the server .. the unix server is not showing the edit plus access as a session ... how to monitor the actions performed or to keep track of the access made to the server via edit plus ...

any help..

a quick read from the edit plus home page says it uses ftp to dowload a copy of the file, edit it locally, and upload the file when you save it.
so, you should try to "audit" your ftp server maybe?

I used WinScp to connect to the server, then have set Editplus to be my editor. it works great, I am able to open multiple files in editplus and switch between "tabs" while editing. Make sure in Editplus you UNCHECK "Allow multiple Instances" in preferences, other wise it will open a new instance for everyfile you are editing.

As fas as tracking others who open the file and are editing it, I know of no way to track that. You would probabally have to setup subversion and use a client software to "Checkout" the scripts. That would keep track of changes and who has it checked out to modify it. Tourtise is a windows client to checkout from subversion.

broli is saying that the editor uploads the file via ftp, so you can monitor FTP connections with netstat -na | grep "<insert your pattern here>" and then check respective FTP logs, I hope you have such.