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How to find out who changed the file permission in unix

 
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Old 01-27-2012
If you have Shell history files, you could trawl them.
Code:
find /home/ -type f -name \.sh_history -print | while read filename
do
           grep -l "chmod" "${filename}" | while read filename2
                do
                        ls -ald "${filename2}"
                        strings "${filename2}"|grep "chmod"
                        echo ""
                done
done

If you suspect the root account, check that manually.
 
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delete_directory

delete directory(1m)													      delete directory(1m)

NAME

       delete directory - Deletes a directory

SYNOPSIS

       cdscp delete directory directory-name

ARGUMENTS

       The full name of the directory.

DESCRIPTION

       The  delete  directory  command	deletes a directory.  The directory cannot contain any object entries, soft links, or child pointers.  The
       master replica must be the only remaining replica in the cell.  Use the delete replica command if you need to remove read-only replicas.

   Privilege Required
       You must have delete permission to the directory and write permission to the clearinghouse that stores the master replica of the directory.
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NOTE

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EXAMPLE

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