Difference between revisions of "HIDS 5402"

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This means that a user or process successfully used [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo sudo]] execute a command as root.
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This means that a user or process successfully used [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo sudo]] to execute a command as root.
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Careful analysis of sudo logs is recommended to ensure that users authorized to run root level commands, via sudo, are not exceeding their authority.

Revision as of 14:07, 18 December 2011

Example log message:

Server sudo: tortix : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/asl/www ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/var/asl/bin/asl --validate_gui

Explanation:

This means that a user or process successfully used [sudo] to execute a command as root.

Notes:

Careful analysis of sudo logs is recommended to ensure that users authorized to run root level commands, via sudo, are not exceeding their authority.

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