SUMMARY: logging users commands

From: Ellen Davis <Ellen.Davis_at_UC.Edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:37:17 -0400

Thanks to all who answered:

Stan Horwitz <stan_at_thunder.ocis.temple.EDU>
Blake Roberts <BlaRob_at_HBSI.COM>
Curt Cranfield <curt_at_vphos.NET>
Michael Matthews <mmatthews_at_loudoun.COM>
Felix Maurer maurerf_at_post.ch
randy_at_computron.COM (Randy Styka)
George Guethlein <GGuethlein_at_GiantOfMaryland.COM>
Becki Kain <beckers_at_josephus.furph.COM>

Original Question:
>
> I have a user on my system that I would like to watch his activity.
> Preferably, I would like a log of his login sessions that I can review. I
> have found ttywatch, but it is written for SUN. Has anyone ported it to DU?

Summary of responses:

last and lastcomm commands

check the .sh_history file in user's home directory

process accounting (man acct)

PEEK comercial software:
http://www.flashback.com/newprod/fb.week15/FP427.wk15.peek.txt

For interactive watching: # script > /dev/ttyp0 (or some tty device)
and in a log file: # script > /somelogfile.log







 Ellen Davis
 Ellen.Davis_at_uc.edu
Received on Tue Jun 30 1998 - 16:40:11 NZST

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