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Old 12-21-2006
rouge process wiping files from a directory
I'm hoping you guys (the experts) can help me.

We have a sweep directory (/opt/application/sweep) critical to our application process. The application will lay down a file in that directory, then about 15 seconds later a post process will come along and pick that file up and continue processing. The problem is that something (a rouge process) or someone is doing an rm -f * in that directory. We are trying to figure out what process or person may be doing this.

We have examined all of our users .sh_history files and don't see a smoking gun.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to identify the culprit?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 12-21-2006
What operating system is this? Linux kernels 2.4.x and newer have an API that provides notification on file modification, etc.

[edit] inotify doesn't provide the process id, so won't help.

Maybye see if things keep vanishing after you turn off cron?
Last edited by Corona688; 12-21-2006 at 12:46 PM..
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Old 12-21-2006
we are on AIX 5.2, thanks for looking!
 
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