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Subject: Re: Root access loggin
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Ian Lord wrote:
> Hi,
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> A Zend technician asked me to have a root access on one of my box to
> troubleshoot something wrong in Zend Platform installation that doesn't work
> on Freebsd.
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> He will need root access naturally to install and debug remotely.
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> Is there a way to log all the commands he will type and send them in a
> logfile ?
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> Or is there a better solution than granting him root access from ssh ?
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> Thanks
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You could use sudo.  Setup an account for him and give him sudo rights 
so that each time he would need root access to something he could use 
the command:

$>sudo <command>

You could even go so far as to limit what he can use sudo on.

$>man sudo

Giving him full root access is probably not a good idea.

-Tom