is it possible to check logs in UNIX who deleted the files?


 
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Old 07-06-2007
is it possible to check logs in UNIX who deleted the files?

Hello,

is it possible to check logs in UNIX who deleted the files?
Is there logs in UNIX besides .sh_history?
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Old 07-06-2007
Unless you have a wrapper to delete command which logs the information of who deleted it and what time and other information, there is no way to identify that.
 
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