Crontab change and email notification


 
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# 1  
Old 01-02-2008
Crontab change and email notification

Hey guys
Just need some help with crontab.Iam looking for a script that will alert particular user about its change through sendmail.We are using bash here.

--CoolKid
# 2  
Old 01-02-2008
I'm sure there are many ways to do it. One would be to watch the MD5 of the file, and send a mail when it changes.

Code:
ORIGMD5=`crontab -l | md5sum`

while ( true )
do
   NEWMD5=`crontab -l | md5sum`
   if [[ "$ORIGMD5" != "$NEWMD5" ]]
   then
      echo "crontab changed" | mail you@example.com
      ORIGMD5=$NEWMD5
   fi
   sleep 60
done

# 3  
Old 01-02-2008
Thank You PXT.
# 4  
Old 01-02-2008
do we have to include the path as well of the sendmail for a group of users

Last edited by coolkid; 01-02-2008 at 04:17 PM..
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