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Old 11-20-2009
How Can I get terminal no when someone modifies CRONTAB file
Hi All

I have a script which drops a mail with the changes done on crontab file for every 1 hour

Can anyone pls tell me how can I modify the script so that it should display the terminal from which the crontab file hasbeen modified.

Quick responce much appriciated !!

Many thanks in advance

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Can any one pls help on this
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Old 11-20-2009
Have you checked with cron logs and messages/syslog etc ... there will be more info on when a cron is added. Also adjust the logging of details using /etc/syslog.conf
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Old 11-20-2009
Actually my question is to know the terminal no from which the cron has modified ,I dont see any detials related to this in syslog.conf
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Old 11-20-2009
No What I meant was to look in cron logs ... if you dont see anything then you need to adjust info in sysconf
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Old 11-20-2009
Actually Iam not sure where exactly cron logs reside..Can you pls advise
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Old 11-20-2009
Usually in /var/log/cron .. some times it is written in /var/log/messages or /var/cron/* ... depending on how the system is configured.

Could you provide detail of the OS version you are using.
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Old 11-20-2009
SunOS 5.10 Generic_137111-07 - "4.3"

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I can find the logs under /var/cron/ but seems i cant access it , is there any way that i can get the terminal number who has modified the cron inorder to include inthe script
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