[Gllug] Stupid shell question

[Jake Jellinek]

Hi,

I'll join in the stoopid answer brigade :)

How about using the "script" command in the .bashrc file to record (nearly) 
everything they do ;-) The -a and -q flags would seem appropriate. Was 
thinking of doing something like this myself...naturally it's very easily 
circumvented by those with even a modicum of knowledge, but for keeping an 
eye on the less experienced users it seems reasonable.

Cheers,

Jake.


--On 18 June 2002 18:28 +0100 Murray <murray at minty.org> wrote:

> ok, one from the equally stoopid answer brigade:
>
> poll the history file for your user(s) every X minutes, dump the contents
> to a file, stripping out known executables along the way - guess you
> would need to be a little creative with the parsing there.
>
> of course, also assumes the history is long enough and you poll frequently
> enough.
>
> now back to reinventing the wheel
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
>> Of John Hearns
>> Sent: 18 June 2002 16:04
>> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>> Subject: [Gllug] Stupid shell question
>>
>>
>> Well folks, here is another stupid question,
>> which I know the answer to already.
>> But the collective GLLUG mind never ceases to surprise...
>>
>>
>> Question - is there any way of trapping (or logging)
>> executables which users try to execute and  which are not
>> present on the system?
>> Say the user types 'foo' and gets the response
>> bash: foo: command not found
>>
>> I know the answer to this is 'replace bash (or any other
>> shell) with a doctored version which will log this'
>> Any better answers (read 'easier to implement by a lazy person')?
>>
>>
>> John H.
>>
>>
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