On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Frank Bax <f...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Why not reuse existing functionality? B Add your lynx command (which > downloads file) to a crontab; then add filename to /etc/changelist > > I've sometimes thought it would be nice to have the 'changelist' code > extracted from /etc/security to a separate script so user-defined changes > could be emailed to users other than root. B Coding this is beyond my > capabilities. B I think this new script would need three parameters: > B B B B - /etc/changelist B B B [list of files] > B B B B - /var/backups B B B B B [dir for .backup and .current files] > B B B B - root B B B B B B B B B [user to receive email notifications] > > For an adventurous coder; perhaps /etc/changelist would allow url's to > monitor remote webpages.
probably because in practice root's mail gets redirected to another user, so the need to have that as a separate script is low
