Who Deleted Files in Linux?
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Can you see who deleted a file?

Reviewing events

Open the Event Viewer and search the security log for event ID 4656 with a task category of “File System” or “Removable Storage” and the string “Accesses: DELETE”. … The “Subject: Security ID” field will show who deleted each file.

Can we recover deleted files from Linux?

Extundelete is an open-source application that allows recovering deleted files from a partition or a disk with the EXT3 or EXT4 file system. It is simple to use and comes by default installed on most Linux distributions. … So this way, you can recover deleted files using extundelete.

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