Software to record changes to files on Windows

[unixman_again]

Any recommendations to log changes to files on Windows systems. Basically we want something to establish a base line for certain directories, and then run as a cron job over night to compare changes to the baseline. If there are any, produce a report and email to me.

 

Thanks!

[Oaktech]

It's a hammer to crack a nut but Varonis Datavantage will do what you need - and then some. The educational pricing is surprisingly competitive.

 

https://www.varonis.com/products/datadvantage-2/

[3s-gtech]

You can do this with Robocopy - you can create the baseline folder elsewhere, then use Robocopy's logging only features to compare and output to a text file telling you of any file changes. This can then be run as a Scheduled Task.

[jinnantonnixx]

One method could use Cygwin.

 

First stat the directory, omitting the Access fields

 

stat * | grep -v '^Access' > file1

 

Then just diff the files to spot any changes.

[unixman_again]

Thanks for the suggestions. I did think of Cygwin, put I didn't want to slap that on the server. I've rolled my own with PHP which is OK but could do with something more comprehensive. We'll certainly have a look at Varonis.