Autochown: inotify-based file attribute manager

Question

Info page: http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/autochown/
This is a direct successor to maown.
Autochown manages file ownership and permissions using inotify events. It is configured via a simple yet versatile input file. Examples of what you can do with it:
* ensure that all files in a given directory are owned by a certain group
* remove permissions for anyone not in the group
* change file owners automatically
* add exceptions for files, subdirectories, etc with globbing patterns
Eample scenarios in which it should be useful:
* keeping common files on a default user account that you want to access and modify from other user accounts
* ensuring that certain directories always retain strict file permissions
* managing a shared directory for group collaboration
Questions, comments, etc. are welcome as always.

Answer 1

skanky wrote:
One comment - the service file passes in /etc/autochown.conf but the package (your repo) installs autochownd.conf.
Xyne wrote:Thanks, the path has been updated. It seems that you are the first to use the service file.
I just thought the others were being coy.
Take me in Actually that would have been in my feedback. Well, is part of*
Xyne wrote:
skanky wrote:it's simple to configure for basic setups.
My own usage is very simple (and that's what I wrote it for) but I'm hoping the globbing will enable more complicated setups without too much complexity. If you at some point find the configuration file to be limited, let me know.
Does the job instantly as wished here Day to day usage for users, and sync (e.g. no more Dropbox "Couldn't sync this and that") will be really smoother now. Thank you Xyne!
(*) autochown-2013.2.13 won't compile in this location:
[ 75%] Building C object CMakeFiles/autochown.dir/src/file_parser.c.o
/tmp/yaourt-xxxx/aur-autochown/src/autochown-2013.2.13/src/main.c: In function ‘scan’:
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-kozaki/aur-autochown/src/autochown-2013.2.13/src/main.c:364:7: attention : ‘return’ with a value, in function returning void [enabled by default]
/tmp/yaourt-xxxx/aur-autochown/src/autochown-2013.2.13/src/main.c: Hors de toute fonction :
/tmp/yaourt-xxxx/aur-autochown/src/autochown-2013.2.13/src/main.c:448:3: erreur: unknown type name ‘wd_key_data_t’
/tmp/yaourt-xxxx/aur-autochown/src/autochown-2013.2.13/src/main.c: In function ‘main’:
/tmp/yaourt-xxxx/aur-autochown/src/autochown-2013.2.13/src/main.c:726:44: erreur: ‘remove_all_watches’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/tmp/yaourt-xxxx/aur-autochown/src/autochown-2013.2.13/src/main.c:726:44: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/autochown.dir/src/main.c.o] Erreur 1
make[2]: *** Attente des tâches non terminées....
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/autochown.dir/all] Erreur 2
make: *** [all] Erreur 2
==> ERREUR : Une erreur s'est produite dans build().
Abandon...
==> ERREUR: Makepkg n'a pas pu construire autochown.