[sudo-users] anyone using built-in sudo logfile?

Michael W. Lucas mwlucas at michaelwlucas.com
Fri Jul 12 16:28:08 MDT 2019


Not the i/o log, the "logfile" option and related options like
ignore_logfile_errors.

==ml


On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 08:29:44PM +0200, Luca Fornasari wrote:
> Hi Miachael,
> 
> the sudo native log system supports reply the actions taken by the
> user ... does this rings any bell? ;-)
> 
> Defaults log_input, log_output, iolog_dir = /var/log/sudo-io/%{user}
> You can also define owner and group of the log files ...
> sudoreply is what you use to reply the actions.
> 
> Ciao
> Luca
> 
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 7:18 PM Michael W. Lucas
> <mwlucas at michaelwlucas.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sudo supports a native log file, that doesn't rely on sudo.
> >
> > Is anyone truly using this? I mean, I can imagine special
> > uses--perhaps embedded systems, or environments that are not allowed
> > to use syslogd for compliance or regulatory reasons. But it seems this
> > is VERY fringe.
> >
> > I don't want to waste space in the new sudo book covering something I
> > think is fringe, but I don't want to dismiss it based entirely on my
> > narrow experience...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ==ml
> >
> >
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