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

[Luca Fornasari]

Michael, Todd,

Let me re-phrase my first sentence

> beside the sudo native log system, the I/O log supports reply the actions taken by the
> user ... does this rings any bell? ;-)

It was more an incentive to dedicate some space to the I/O logging
than a comment to "logfile".
Sorry for the confusion.

Ciao
Luca

On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 12:28 AM Michael W. Lucas
<mwlucas at michaelwlucas.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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