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Date:      Thu, 27 Aug 1998 19:47:59 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org>
Cc:        Wilson MacGyver <macgyver@cylatech.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: post breakin log
Message-ID:  <19980827194759.15155@futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980827182323.6798.qmail@hyperreal.org>; from Brian Behlendorf on Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 11:16:01AM -0700
References:  <199808270538.BAA01341@armitage.cylatech.com> <19980827182323.6798.qmail@hyperreal.org>

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On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 11:16:01AM -0700, Brian Behlendorf woke me up to tell me:
> At 01:38 AM 8/27/98 -0400, Wilson MacGyver wrote:
> >the log from history follows.
> 
> Is there a fool-proof way to get user histories like this?  I got one once
> only because the cracker was lame enough to forget to delete his
> .bash_history file.    Presuming root isn't compromised of course...

Command accounting's a pretty good way.
And if you raise the secure level and set the acct file append_only
(sappend flag?), it's pretty foolproof.
Very spammable if they catch up, but fairly foolproof.



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