RE: Seeing who has su-ed

From: Giuliano Pochini (pochini@shiny.it)
Date: 03/21/03

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From: Giuliano Pochini <pochini@shiny.it>
To: "Klotz, Brian" <Brian_Klotz@heald.edu>

    On 20-Mar-2003 Klotz, Brian wrote:
    >
    > I teach a Linux basics course and each term I have the problem of students
    > who do an su to become root, then rather than exiting, they su again to go
    > back to their regular account. The trouble is identifying when someone has
    > done this (they usually don't remember). The "who" command only shows login
    > shells (AFAIK) so it does not reveal when someone has su-ed.
    >
    > Does anyone know of a way to list all of the users currently logged in,
    > including when someone has su-ed to become another user?

    pstree -u

    Bye.

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