Somebody mentioned on here that they always have an open terminal running tail -f /var/log/syslog. I thought that I might try doing this, but since /var/log/syslog is only readable by root, I decided to try setting up sudo. I also want access to any log in /var/log. This is what I have so far:
Cmnd_Alias TAIL = /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/[a-z0-9.]*, \ !/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/*..*, !/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/.* rhamph ALL = TAIL (linebreak inserted for ease of reading) Now, that *does* let me view the logs. But it also lets me do sudo tail /var/log/syslog /etc/shadow, which is not so good. I've also figured out that the period in [a-z0-9.] is pointless, as * matches any character, not a multiple of what's on it's left. So my question: how do I set this up properly? -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus
