Security Issue. How to track changes to files

[ASPhopeful]

Hi All,

I believe a colleague may be trying to sabotage some of my work. However, I have no proof. Does anyone know of a program that can monitor files on my window webserver running iis and log who makes changes and when?

Many Thanks
Helen.

[MattyMoose]

I believe this is what you're looking for:

Select the folder in question (webroot or whatnot), and select "properties"
Select the "security" tab.
click the "Advanced" button.
Select the "Auditing" tab.
Add his user to the list.
Select the options that are appropriate (like "create files/ Write data" "Delete" and so on).

Monitor the event viewer security logs, and see what happens.

Keep in mind that if he's a fellow administrator, he can disable these properties, and also look through the security log.

HTH,
-MM

[drbrain]

Check your documents into a source control system like CVS, Perforce, Subversion, VSS, etc. Place the repository on a secure server and only allow checkin/checkout activity for your users.

You gain two things with source control:
* You can easily undo changes that break things
* You can easily track who made what changes