Is it possible to get a list of users that accessed a specific file and/or folder on a Windows machine?
Monitor file access Windows
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Hi there,
As far as we know there is no possibility to monitor certain accessed files on a server. But if there would be such a possibility, you will need to invest some time to build a script around it to report the necessary information back to PRTG.
Dec, 2016 - Permalink