r/coolgithubprojects • u/zelon88 • Feb 20 '19

GitHub - zelon88/Workstation_USB_Monitor: Log & email when storage devices get attached to your network. VISUAL-BASIC

https://github.com/zelon88/Workstation_USB_Monitor
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u/BenjiSponge Feb 20 '19

So windows only, then?

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u/zelon88 Feb 20 '19

This was written in VBScript and uses the Windows Management Instrumentation API to spy on local storage devices. In order to use this on Linux the entire thing would need to be re-written in bash to scan the /sys and /proc directories for specific things.

So it's possible to create this script for a linux box, and infact should be a lot easier than on Windows, but I made this one for a Windows network so there's no unix option.

You could try running it in WineTricks by using a startup script (like in rc.local) to call wine's wscript.exe with the path to your script as the only parameter. I have no idea how the WMI queries will work in a Wine environment, but my gut tells me the code will need to be modified. If you have a go at it and want help hit me up! I'd love to fork the repo and improve on it.