Difference between revisions of "HIDS 5402"
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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.