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Monitoring access to OS X
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Sep 9, 2003, 03:48 PM
 
Hi,

I remember that there was a wat to monitor all access to OS X, such as someone trying hack in, or just gain access to directories. I think it involved adding a line, or configuring netinfo to create a log file in the system, which would list all attempts at access. Does anyone remember what it would be?
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Sep 9, 2003, 08:41 PM
 
Not Little Snitch or Who's There? by any chance? Niether fully matches your description though.
     
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Sep 10, 2003, 02:21 AM
 
Originally posted by WJMoore:
Not Little Snitch or Who's There? by any chance? Niether fully matches your description though.
NOt really, but they are good though. This wassoethign really simple, and only required a switch in Netinfo, which created a new log in /Library/Logs. I think I read about it on o'Reilly's website. If I find it, I'll post here for everyone.

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Sep 13, 2003, 06:54 AM
 
Right, I found out what it was. I need to enable access_log for AppleFileServer in netinfo, and this will create a logfile for anyone trying to gain access to the computer. Only problem is, is that I have to switch it on in netinfo under /config/AppleFileServer, thing is, I don't have the /config entry.

Anyone with any ideas?
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