Chapter 14. Syslog and Auditing Utilities

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • The syslog facility

  • The syslog source facilities

  • The syslog severity levels

  • m4 macros

  • The logger command

  • The who, whodo, and lastlogins commands

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Configuring the syslog facility

  • Enabling syslog messages to track use of the root login account

  • Using the who, whodo, and last commands to audit login account usage

The first part of this chapter covers the Solaris 8 syslog facility. This mechanism provides the ability to log user and system messages in one or more files on the local or a remote system. This chapter covers the Solaris Syslog test objectives.

The second part of this chapter describes three commands (who, whodo, and last) for auditing ...

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