begin  quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as of Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 02:55:04PM -0700:
> > Oh, another thing I do: On our production machines at work cfengine
> > monitors the md5sums of critical binary files and alerts me once (and
> > only once) when it changes and then computes and stores the new
> > checksum. So it alerts me when things change but takes care of itself
> > from then on.
> 
> Yes, notifying you once and only once is an excellent idea.

Is it?

Remember, these are *critical* files.

And email is only a best-effort service. No guarantees.

On the other hand... once is better than never.

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