When monitoring files and directories, SFTP Watcher can take into consideration Linux standard set of access permissions.

Filter	Details
Include	Enables file filtering based on: Owner · files with this owner will be watched. Multiple owners can be specified. Group · files owned by this group will be watched. Multiple groups can be specified. Permissions · files with these permissions will be watched. Permissions set consist of standard read, write, and execute permissions as well as special permissions set user id, set group id and sticky bit.
Exclude	Enables file filtering based on: Owner · files with this owner will not be watched. Multiple owners can be specified. Group · files owned by this group will not be watched. Multiple groups can be specified. Permissions · files with these permissions will not be watched. Permissions set consist of standard read, write, and execute permissions as well as special permissions set user id, set group id and sticky bit.
Set permissions	Set permissions to filter files based on Read, Write, Execute bits for Owner, Group and Other, as well as Set user ID, Set group ID and Sticky bit.

Notes

• The multiple Include filter values are evaluated as a whole—each of criteria must match. The Exclude filter values are treated each separately.
• To filter by multiple Owner and Group values, separate them by any of |;, symbols.
• Empty filter values are ignored.

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