[sudo-users] Rotating logs

[Leroy Tennison]

I have an older Linux version and sudo doesn't have the maxseq option. I also don't have the option of upgrading in the short term. Could manipulating the contents of /var/log/sudo-io/ seq accomplish the same thing until an upgrade can be done? 

Second, on a newer machine (for testing) I used: 

Defaults maxseq=6 

in /etc/sudoers which worked but I noticed maxseq is listed under string parameters (even though it says a decimal value should be used). Should I use "Defaults maxseq=6" or "Defaults maxseq='000006' " or is either acceptable? 

(BTW, this is a nice feature since logrotate isn't oriented toward directory rotation). 

Finally, after doing the above I tried to modify maxseq to be 400 but it didn't have any effect even if I rebooted the device. I ended up removing maxseq, logging out, logging back in (and using sudo -i) then re-adding maxseq to get the change to be implemented. Is this value being stored somewhere else that should be modified as well? 

Thanks for the help. 


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