server monitoring scripts for shared hosting?

[Eric Cope]

can you install it locally? run it in userspace?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:42 PM, David Schwartz <newsletters at thetoolwiz.com>
wrote:

> Does anybody know of any scripts like tripwire that are designed to be
> installed on shared hosting accounts to alert you to unexpected changes?
>
> Tripwire works by taking an inventory of the folders and files you want to
> monitor. It then will do a scan periodically via a cron entry and compare
> the file signatures with those recorded previously, as well as the two sets
> of file lists. Any new, modified, or deleted files will be reported to you
> via email or something like that.
>
> Somebody hacked into one of my websites through an exploit on an old WP
> plugin that I neglected to update. I have no idea when it happened, but
> just learned about it last week. I don’t pay a lot of attention to most of
> my sites, so I thought it would make sense to install something like
> tripwire to look for unexpected changes. (Tripwire itself needs to be
> installed in the root and needs root access, AFAIK. Maybe not. Suggestions
> welcome!)
>
> -David
>
>
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