Re: Program Logging.

From: Todd H. (comphelp_at_toddh.net)
Date: 05/11/04

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    Date: 11 May 2004 11:59:10 -0500

    mforte3@bloomberg.net (contextswitch) writes:

    > I need to log UID GID EUID EGID program name,arguments, and time run
    > across Solaris, AIX and HP-UX platforms. For example, every time a
    > user or program runs rcp I need a log entry generated which includes
    > the above information.
    > root other root other ./rcp foo Thu May 06 16:34:53 2004
    > Are there any known tools which will acomplish this? Thanks.

    Have you looked into syslog? If your syslog logging level is
    sufficiently verbose, you may get the tracking you wish for free.

    There are several man pages available for syslog and its accompanying
    .conf file.

    Best Regards, 

    -- 
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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