I had setup vsftp for SSL (FTPES), but needed a way to send an alert to customer support whenever a file had been uploaded. Otherwise the support staff would need to manually check each customer’s folders to see if anything new had arrived.<\/p>\n
Install Dnotify<\/strong> Create your startup script<\/strong> dnotify -b -p 1 -r -C \/home\/ -e \/email.sh {}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This will run dnotify in the -b background, no more than one -p process, -r recursive folder (subfolders), -C for file creations only, -e execute the following script.<\/p>\n Create your email script<\/strong> #!\/bin\/bash Make both scripts run-able<\/strong> Run the script and test<\/strong> I added this as a startup script.<\/p>\n I got most of my help from nixcraft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had setup vsftp for SSL (FTPES), but needed a way to send an alert to customer support whenever a file had been uploaded. Otherwise the support staff would need to manually check each customer’s folders to see if anything new had arrived. Install Dnotify apt-get install dnotify Create your startup script nano \/dnotify.sh dnotify … Continue reading SFTP Email When New File Uploaded<\/span>
\napt-get install dnotify<\/code><\/p>\n
\nnano \/dnotify.sh<\/code><\/p>\n
\nnano \/email.sh<\/code><\/p>\n
\nDIR=”$1″
\nrm \/upload.txt
\necho “Dear User,”>>\/upload.txt
\necho “A new file has been uploaded to the $DIR directory”>>\/upload.txt
\ncat \/upload.txt | mailx -s “New FTP File Upload” customersupport@domain.tld<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nchmod +x email.sh<\/code>
\nchmod +x dnotify.sh<\/code><\/p>\n
\n.\/dnotify.sh<\/code>
\nUpload a file using FTP\/WinSCP\/WGET or another method to any of the folders you’re searching (my script searches all of \/home and subfolders).<\/p>\n