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# 1  
Old 03-28-2007
Tracing a user and logging his actions

Dear All,

I want to enable the tracing for a user and logging all things he do in a log file..........


Thaaanks
# 2  
Old 03-28-2007
Try this command ( i am not sure )

go to root directory
#logings -x username

regards
krishna
# 3  
Old 03-28-2007
You could do something like this. Beware the ethical and legal complications of such actions, however.

Cheers
ZB
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