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Old 09-30-2006
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Hello Unix Champs,

For keeping audit trail, I want to log the commands entered by the normal users, on their terminal into a text file.

I tried putting a "script -a username.timestamp.txt" in the user profile file, but script command stops execution when user types exit or presses CTRL+D during his session and shows him message "Scripting Done". Obviously, All commands typed by user after this message, will not be logged in the log file.

My queries:
1) Can I control the execution of the script program in such a way that whenever user types "exit", he will exit from the system?
2) Is there any other way by which I can capture what commands user types ?

Thanks,
Bhaven
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Old 09-30-2006
what unix platform are you in?
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Old 09-30-2006
Ohh!! Forgot to mention; It is:
1) RedHat Linux Enterprise AS 3.3
2) Solaris 9
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Old 09-30-2006
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Originally Posted by bhaven.haria
Ohh!! Forgot to mention; It is:
1) RedHat Linux Enterprise AS 3.3
2) Solaris 9
The best way to capture user commands, is to turn on auditing.
in Solaris, you can turn on BSM. In red hat , there should be similar mechanism (auditd). pls check your red hat documentation.
script is not the "correct" tool to use
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