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Date:      Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:11:06 -0500
From:      Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com>
To:        Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com>
Cc:        Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ian Lord <mailing-lists@msdi.ca>
Subject:   Re: Root access loggin
Message-ID:  <AE852C96-F0CB-4737-BA3E-428E2AFA88BD@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <46ADDAC2.3010404@crackmonkey.us>
References:  <050b01c7ce16$960a0570$6400a8c0@msdi.local> <1185794014.1444.7.camel@localhost> <46ADDAC2.3010404@crackmonkey.us>

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On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:34 AMJul 30, 2007, Adam J Richardson wrote:

> Tom Evans wrote:
>> This seems great in principle, but of course, you just gave them a  
>> root
>> shell, and so they can delete their log file easily enough...
>
> You could have cron email it to you every 5 minutes. Unlikely he'd  
> check the crontab immediately, unless he was really bent on the  
> system's destruction. Likely you'd have at least some evidence of  
> his behaviour. Of course your email box would fill up quickly.
>
> Adam J Richardson
>

Tom,

If you're really all that worried about this, don't give them root  
access.  You could simply sit at the console with them while they  
work.  IIRC, they're a contractor, not an employee.  Your presence  
during such operations wouldn't be abnormal for a contractor.

HTH

Eric Crist



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