histfile in csh

[Deniz Cendere]

Hi all,

I have a critical system which have many users. I want to log a data which contains who run which command at what time and connected from which ip. In ksh I can do it with setting the HISTFILE variable to export HISTFILE=/usr/history/user_hist/${usr}_${user}_$$.tmp in the /etc/profile. For csh and tcsh, I did the same settings in csh.login file but it didn't run. Also I did the same settings in users profile (.cshrc and .login) but no change. Can't we do this kind of setting in csh? If so what can I do for logging the users.

Thanks,

[Mugilvannan]

set this in .cshrc file set history=200. It will work.

[Muthukumar_5]

Try this as,

.login file in your HOME Directory as,

set history=1000

and save it.

Next login for that account will be with history.

hth.

[Arunvijai_4]

Try using setenv history=300 in .cshrc file. ( set is used for this shell and setenv for this and any subshells)

-Arun

[Cem Tugrul]

Deniz Selam,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=723200

Good Luck,

[Deniz Cendere]

I did the following;
set history = 256
set savehist = 256 merge

It writes to .history file but it doesn't write to /usr/history/user_hist/${usr}_${user}_$$.tmp file.

[Muthukumar_5]

There is no functionality available to set HISTFILE in csh by default. You have to change your own auditing with script .cshrc or .login file to audit in user defined manner.

hth.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Sure there is!

edit /etc/csh.login

works for csh and tcsh users. No need to enable that on individual basis

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[Arunvijai_4]

Try this link,

http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/intro-61.html

it may help.

-AV

[Deniz Cendere]

Unfortunately,

I set it in /etc/csh.login. It doesn't work.
I set it also in .login and .cshrc files in the home directory of a user.
In both of them it doesn't write to the file that I've set.
"setenv HISTFILE /usr/users/`whoami`/.history_$$"

When I look this link, I can't see a variable of "histfile".
http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/intro-61.html

Can't we set this variable in csh?

Thanks,

[Arunvijai_4 · Accepted solution]

Only tcsh supports histfile, not c shell.

-AV

[Mugilvannan]

If you want to have your designated histfile then use tcsh. Setting is simple with savehist and histfile variables.

-mugil

[Stephen Keane]

Don't forget

set savehist=xxx

To actually save the history when the user logs out.

[Deniz Cendere]

Thanks to everyone,

When I change the shell to tcsh, it worked.
So csh doesn't support histfile,
tcsh supports it.

Deniz,