[aklug] Re: Security logs

From: Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net>
Date: Mon Jul 28 2008 - 11:03:31 AKDT

Christopher Howard wrote:
> Hello. My brother in the Navy e-mailed me this question, but I don't
> know much about Linux security logs:
> Hey Chris,
>
> Question of high importance:
> Is there a log in LINUX that shows who was logged in when, and what they did while logged on?
> This is very important.
> Thanks,
> Weston

man wtmp

There is a program called 'last' that will show who was logged in last,
oddly enough. As for what they did, you could see when they logged in
and then check for any file whose time stamp was updated during their
session.

Jon
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