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Why does fullEvent=true not working in my fschange config in inputs.conf?

kalianov
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I need to monitor file changes and I want to know which changes were made.

inputs.conf

[fschange:///etc/passwd]
 disabled = 0
 fullEvent = true
 sendEventMaxSize = -1
 pollPeriod = 10
 hashMaxSize = -1
 index=unixsrv
 sourcetype=linux_configfile

I can't see the difference between results if I used inputs.conf with stanza fullEvent=true and without it.

Result is always the same:

Tue Feb 23 14:45:14 2016 
action=update, 
path="///etc/passwd",
isdir=0, 
size=1771, 
gid=0, uid=0, 
modtime="Tue Feb 23 14:45:11 2016", 
mode="rw-r--r--", 
hash=, 
chgs="modtime "

I would like to have the full passwd file.
I thought the "fullEvent" parameter was just for that, but it looks like it isn't.

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

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