Scott Harney wrote:
<em>>
<em>> in addition to CVS, lotsa admin types used the simpler RCS for this as
well.
<em>> I know that the O'Relly "Essential System Administration" has
<em>> details on this methodology. The "Red Book" on Unix system administration
<em>> (it's purple now, actually) may have some details as well.
Actually, I already use RCS when I am working with configuration files.
I've come to the conclusion that I wanted something that did
everything--unfortunately, it doesn't exist. Rather, I am just going to
continue using RCS and my existing log.event script. In the near future
I hope to create a program that will work similar to log.event, but log
multiple hosts to one central database that I can easily review/scan. As
of now each UNIX host has a file named /var/log/event.log (or
/var/adm/event.log depending on the platform) that holds the logs.
Regards, Dustin
<em>>
<em>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 04:50:46PM +0000, Dustin Puryear wrote:
<em>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<em>> >
<em>> > > Dustin, I am using the gnome Time Tracking Tool. It is
<em>> > > cheesy but documents my time and task. There is a free
<em>> > > web based program called Bugzilla that be more of a
<em>> > > trouble ticket processor than a tracking tool.
<em>> >
<em>> > We don't run have Gnome or GTK (or usually even X) installed on our
<em>> > servers. Plus, we run SCO OSR5 as well, which may or may not have a
Gnome
<em>> > port. I was hoping for a very nice console based tool. As I mentioned in
<em>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I already have a script (shown below) that does some
of
<em>> > what I need. However, I was hoping for something that already had a
<em>> > built-in log query tool, and maybe would allow me to log all events
across
<em>> > servers to one central database. Time to start coding apparently.
<em>> >
<em>> > #!/bin/sh
<em>> >
<em>> > USERNAME=$1
<em>> > COMMENT=$2
<em>> > DATE=`date '+%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S'`
<em>> > FILE=/var/log/event.log
<em>> >
<em>> > if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
<em>> > echo "bad arguments"
<em>> > echo "usage: log.event username log-entry"
<em>> > exit
<em>> > fi
<em>> >
<em>> > awk -F : '{print $1}' /etc/passwd | grep --silent \^$USERNAME\$
<em>> > if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
<em>> > echo "you did not supply a proper username"
<em>> > exit
<em>> > fi
<em>> >
<em>> > echo "$DATE $USERNAME $COMMENT" >> $FILE
<em>> >
<em>> > Regards, Dustin
<em>> >
<em>> >
<em>> > >
<em>> > >
<em>> > > Bob
<em>> > > > Does anyone know of a simple to use and open source (or at least
free)
<em>> > > > package used to log MIS administrative work for Linux/UNIX? We use
<em>> > > > notebooks to log admin work for our UNIX and NT servers, and
frankly,
<em>> > > > it's a pain. It would be nice to just log actions using a
command-line
<em>> > > > or web-based tool (preferably both).
<em>> > > >
<em>> > > > Thanks, Dustin
<em>> > > >
<em>> > > > --
<em>> > > > Dustin Puryear
<em>> > > > In the beginning the Universe was created.
<em>> > > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move.
<em>> > > > - Douglas Adams
<em>> > > >
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