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log files when creating user

Patrick Chim — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 06:45:32 GMT

Hi,

I am using HP-UX 11i untrusted system. Is there any logging when I create an user or modifying the user's attributes ? Is it available in a trusted system ?

Regards,
Patrick

Re: log files when creating user

Stefan Farrelly — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 06:58:44 GMT

There is no logging like this if you are untrusted. If you are trusted you get all sorts of logging which you can view with the getprpw command.

Here is the manpage for it;

Re: log files when creating user

Michael Tully — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:03:38 GMT

No, not using the standard useradd command. There is however logging when done through SAM. If you use 'trusted' there is logging, through the 'getprpw' command. I haven't got a system inf front of me right this second, so I can tell exactly what you get. You could always develop scripts to add users with logging included.

Regards
Michael
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Re: log files when creating user

V. V. Ravi Kumar_1 — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:19:42 GMT

Hi,
If u use SAM and either trusted or not trusted

/var/sam/log/samlog

If Trusted
getprpw -l

Regards

Re: log files when creating user

Karthik S S — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:48:42 GMT

Hi,

I dont think such facilities are available in an untrusted system. May be you have to rely on your own scripts. ( By monitoring the timestamp of /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. ( If the timestamp has changed compare the file with a backup file )

- Karthik

Re: log files when creating user

Bill Hassell — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:24:14 GMT

When you add or modify a user, what tool do you use? If it is vi /etc/passwd, STOP! If you must use vi to edit the passwd file, (all sysadmins should) use vipw instead. But better yet os to use SAM which logs everything or if you use a ecript to add/modify/delete users, then add a logfile to the script. By far the easiest method is to use the logger command so the data appears in syslog.log.