User activity log?

Question

linux

It is necessary to save information about which user (user1...userN) did what (create, write, move, delete) with which file (/path/to/file)
OS Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu),
FreeBSD the ability to selectively specify the monitoring directory
Is there a ready-made solution? File system or daemon?

Answer 1

fschange
dnotify, inotify
http://goo.gl/b4Kih

Answer 2

inotify

Answer 3

In Linux, the auditd daemon is a regular tool for such control.
The proposed inotify is far from always able to track file changes in time when there are a large number of them (they run into limits) and are not intended to ensure security at all.