Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:26:20 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: William Melanson <wjm@gate.net>, Barnett Hsu <barnett@engr.ucr.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su isn't logging via syslog Message-ID: <00042811265002.00347@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <Pine.A41.4.21.0004261355430.61336-100000@inca.gate.net>
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/var/log/messages can still the log the "su" On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, William Melanson wrote: > On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Barnett Hsu wrote: > > % It is my understanding that su logs via the syslog > % auth and authpriv facilities. However, I've tried > % auth.*, authpriv.*, auth.info, and auth.notice in > % syslog.conf on some FreeBSD systems (ranging from > % version 2.2 through 4.0) and su attempts don't > % show up in the log, even if the attempt was > % unsuccessful. su attempts don't show up when I > % tried *.* as well. > % > % What could be the problem? > % > > This is how I've set syslog.conf: > > *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /var/log/stdout.log > *.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages > mail.info /var/log/maillog > auth.info /var/log/auth.log > ftp.info /var/log/ftp.log > > All info regarding su gets written to /var/log/auth.log. I think this file > requires tab key seperators as well. > > > --------------------------------oOo------------------------------------ > William J. Melanson CyberGate, Inc. | e.spire Communications > Sr Network Controller www.gate.net ---- www.espire.net > Network Operations Center Phone: (954) 334-8080 > finger wjm@gate.net PGP public key > --------------------------------oOo------------------------------------ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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