Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account. (sudo, audit trails)

2007-08-06 Thread Adam Funk
On 2007-08-05, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Andrew Jenkins wrote: >> For now though I consider playing around as 'root' while being 'under >> the influence' as bad as driving so I'll leave well alone. > > Exact logging is *precisely* why 'sudo' exists. In the morning you do: > > sud

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account. (sudo, audit trails)

2007-08-06 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Matthew Wild wrote: > On 8/5/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Paul Sladen wrote: > > > sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log > > Well, if you're computer still works eh ;-) > How do you get around sudo -i or sudo bash? The best solution is to n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account. (sudo, audit trails)

2007-08-05 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Matthew, On Sun, 2007-08-05 at 15:50 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > How do you get around sudo -i or sudo bash? Presumably that would free > them of the detailed logging? sudo can be configured to allow not only specific users to run commands under sudo, but can also limit what those commands ar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account. (sudo, audit trails)

2007-08-05 Thread Matthew Wild
How do you get around sudo -i or sudo bash? Presumably that would free them of the detailed logging? On 8/5/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the morning you do: > > > > sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log > > > > and find out what you did the night before. 'su' won't give y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account. (sudo, audit trails)

2007-08-05 Thread Chris Rowson
> In the morning you do: > > sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log > > and find out what you did the night before. 'su' won't give you a list... > Well, if you're computer still works eh ;-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account. (sudo, audit trails)

2007-08-05 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Andrew Jenkins wrote: > For now though I consider playing around as 'root' while being 'under > the influence' as bad as driving so I'll leave well alone. Exact logging is *precisely* why 'sudo' exists. In the morning you do: sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log and find o