[Courses] [Networking] Lesson 1

Hamster hamster at hamsternet.org
Thu Mar 20 01:09:30 EST 2003


Hi,

> i did 'man su'
> 
> it says :
> All attempts, both valid and
>        invalid, are logged to detect abuses of the system.
> 
> Where is it logged ?

Heh :) Thats interesting. I can tell you're using debian (or a derivative)
simply by the contents of the su manpage.

Anyway

The simple answer is: /var/log/auth.log in debian and in RH/Mdk. 
RH/Mdk also log it in /var/log/messages.

Hamster


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