I’ve done this multiple times, and have two instances running right now which have been active for years. One is simple and watches a smaller org: ldapsearch …

I’ve done this multiple times, and have two instances running right now which have been active for years. One is simple and watches a smaller org: ldapsearch … > new; diff old new > updates; mail … < updates (On phone, pseudo code, definitely wrong) The other is perhaps more interesting. I built a tool for a tool for a population of specialists in a large company. The tool requires ldap data synced in, and I capture the diffs. That sampling approach provides surprising insights into what’s active/hot/declining, even when the total size of the company would making tracking every employee change quite difficult.