01-10-2012
For security reasons on my HP boxes, root has /sbin/sh as shell with almost same PATH as cron... I did that to purpose to avoid security breach (if you are root then you are knowledgeable and so know where the binaries you intend to use are... etc.) and for maintenance purpose ( I have seen servers when going in maintenance mode become inaccessble because someone thought it was a good idea to change the shell to /usr/bin/ksh...).
so here su - is what most admins use but then the traceability of who did what in .sh_history can be nonsense ..
I prefer using an alias calling a su as root of a binary in /usr/bin that is nothing more than a copy of your preferred shell...
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NAME
mtailrc - Configuration file for monkeytail
DESCRIPTION
A monkeytail configuration uses Apache-style syntax to declare "groups" of files to be tailed.
Best explained with an example:
<group testgroup>
prefix 'server2: '
sudo yes
<file>
filename /var/log/apache2/access.log
prefix 'server1: '
host server1.example.com
</file>
<file>
filename /var/log/apache2/access.log
host server2.example.com
sudo no
</file>
</group>
OPTIONS
All options can be either put inside a group or file block. Options inside a file block override those in the group block.
filename filename
filename defines the filename for this block.
host remote-host (optional)
host defines that this block's file is to be tailed on a remote server.
sudo yes|no|1|0
sudo is a boolean specifying whether this file should be tailed as root. This option is supported for both local and remote files
(in both cases you will potentially be prompted for your password).
prefix "string: "
prefix allows you to specify a short string that will be prepended to every line that is displayed for that given file.
FILES
~/.mtailrc - user specific monkeytail config
SEE ALSO
mtail(1), tail(1)
AUTHOR
Martyn Smith <martyn@dollyfish.net.nz>
mtail May 2008 mtailrc(5)