On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Doug LaRue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ** Reply to message from "James G. Sack (jim)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 08
>  Apr 2008 14:21:38 -0700
>
>
>  >
>  > What is the effective difference in terms of security?
>
>  /var/log/auth.log
>
>  all sudo commands( logins, failed attamps, commands run, etc ) are
>  all logged there.  But then again, I don't know if or where root logins
>  and commands/failures/etc get logged on other systems.
>

On Fedora systems I find all commands executed with "sudo" logged in
/var/log/secure
Plain "su root" commands are logged in /var/log/messages, but just as
"session opened" and "session closed".   No detail about what happened
in between.

    carl
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