https://trustserv.de/en/tags/linux/ Recent content in Linux on trustserv.de Hugo en-US Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://trustserv.de/en/post/fwatch/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://trustserv.de/en/post/fwatch/ <h2 id="what-this-is-about"> What this is about <a class="heading-link" href="#what-this-is-about"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>My server has been running <a href="https://iwatch.sourceforge.net/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iwatch</a> for years. It watches directories with inotify and reports changes by mail. The tool does what it promises — it just does it in a way that became unusable over time.</p> <p>Two things pushed me to replace it.</p> <p><strong>One mail per event.</strong> A kernel update touches thousands of files. The mailbox gets thousands of mails, all within seconds. Whatever was actually suspicious in between is no longer findable.</p>