[OT] sudo, why not su? (Johann Spies)

Joao Pedro Clemente jpcl at rnl.ist.utl.pt
Mon Aug 8 14:47:02 UTC 2005


> From: Johann Spies <jspies at sun.ac.za>
> Subject: Re: [OT] sudo, why not su?

> What I like about sudo is that all the actions are logged.  When
> somebody ssh in as root  or su to root the actions are normally
> nowhere logged.


Uou... I hadn't seen this yet... is this by default? Where do I find the
logs? If I use two shells with "sudo su -"  at the same time will the logs
be overwritten (as it would happen with user "history"? )

Thanks
Joao Clemente





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