Just be careful of what sudo access you give. For example, do not give
sudo access to perl or vi because they can become excellent hacking tools.
Jen
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Eric R. Turner wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Dennis Wheeler wrote:
>
> >
> > The company I work for, develops software for Linux servers, and so have
> > a need for various/multiple people to logon as root to various servers
> > that are under development and being tested.
> >
> > Is there way to track who is logging in (as root), in order to better
> > track who is making changes to which config files?
> >
>
> Use sudo as much as possible! It was designed for the issue you are
> facing, and I believe is fairly standard across unix-like operating
> systems. Also, consider keeping all of your config files in CVS. That way
> not only can you track changes to the config files, but you can also
> revert to any prior version if something gets messed up. It also makes a
> nice centralized repository of your config files if you have multiple
> servers that you want to have the same configuration.
>
> $.02
>
> Eric R. Turner
>
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