[NTLUG:Discuss] Task Logging in Linux?

[David Stanaway]

No prob.

Take that FAQ with a grain of salt. I am sure there will be something 
more up-to-date on your distro package for process accounting.  Talking 
about 1.2 kernels. Man that makes me feel old. Also, I am not so sure it 
is wise to give all users read access to the pacc log file.  Seems risky 
for the potential one liner ftp with credentials etc..

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Thanks for the link.  I really had looked before asking, but just used
> the wrong search query.
>
> ...Ken
>
> David Stanaway wrote:
>   
>> With a small dose of STFW
>> http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Process-Accounting.html
>>
>> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>>     
>>> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Way back in my Convex days we had a way to log every task run, by whom
>>>> and when.  I've since forgotten how that was done and don't even know if
>>>> its possible to do in Linux.  Is it?  If so, how?
>>>>
>>>> I ask because I've got an annoying small 'something' popping up on the
>>>> screen periodically and going away in a flash.  It's just barely there,
>>>> but annoying since I don't know what it is, and want to find out.
>>>>
>>>> chkrootkit and rkhunter run clean, and there are no telltale oddities of
>>>> rootkits, so that looks to be not a problem.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Any ideas on how to do this?
>>>
>>> ...Ken
>>>
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