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Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2016, 01:15:44 PM »
 

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Same thing applies mate, just replace auth.log with sudo.log file name.
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Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2016, 12:40:07 PM »
 

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I ment clearing sudo.log
 

Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2016, 12:11:35 PM »
 

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Worked but is there a way to reset this

Reset in what way? Like clearing it? The file CAN be over written but this is far from ideal. Consider using logrotate.

That aside, you can run

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sudo echo > /var/log/auth.log
But this will completely delete the contents, and is dangerous to use. Be completely sure you got the file name correct before running ANYTHING with sudo in it like this.
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Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2016, 11:49:52 AM »
 

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Worked but is there a way to reset this
 

Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 10:02:58 AM »
 

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Anybody knows how to check if other users not in the sudo group are trying to gain access. When my brother which is not in the sudo group runs a sudo command in  terminal it will say that it will be reported to me. An an example of what it does is in a picture below. Anybody knows how to check?

It's much more ideal to run

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sudo visudo
and add the line

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Defaults    logfile=/var/log/sudo.log

This will only show sudo issues, and not garble it up with other system info. This is all ran as the "admin" of course. To view the log, you'll need to have access permison (you might wanna look into groups and permissions on your own).


To do this just run


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sudo cat /var/log/sudo.log

Again with the "admin" account.






That all aside, using the auth.log file also shows you login attempts and other info you may want to check often. You do not need to set a special path for sudo. Up to you in the end.
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Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2016, 01:15:00 PM »
 

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ave you logged into "your" account and checked /var/log/auth.log
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Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2016, 12:19:56 PM »
 

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did not work
 

Re: Check other users sudo
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2016, 09:10:58 AM »
 

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It looks like it goes to /var/log/auth.log
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Check other users sudo
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2016, 07:08:00 AM »
 

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Anybody knows how to check if other users not in the sudo group are trying to gain access. When my brother which is not in the sudo group runs a sudo command in  terminal it will say that it will be reported to me. An an example of what it does is in a picture below. Anybody knows how to check?
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