Well, in this case I already had log backups of the activity. And, installing a package represented an unknown time period to research the available options, and install that option. It's a testament to the power of Perl that in these situations it can take less time to write a program from scratch than it would likely take to locate and install a free package. Also, and this is just from a quick glance at the links, those products don't offer the functionality that my script does; they detect intruders, but not unauthorized access of private files by somebody with root access. In this case it was the owner of the machine who had tarred and transfered files he didn't have legal access to.

Anyway, the logs are already multiplexed. ;) 

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In reply to RE: (Ozymandias) RE: Emergency Sentry Robot by Aighearach
in thread Emergency Sentry Robot by Aighearach

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