su explanation

[amit singh_3]

hey, does any one has the proper explanation
of the following output of the syslog.

Feb 23 12:40:01 radha : su : + ta fmg-root
Feb 23 14:45:01 radha : su : + tb fmg-root
Feb 23 15:43:01 radha : su : + tc fmg-root
Feb 23 16:42:01 radha : su : + tm fmg-root

what is meaning of "ta","tb". "tc", "tm" etc ?

pls reply me.

Amit Singh

[T G Manikandan]

radha : su : + ta fmg-root


radha --system name

su from terminal ta.
fmg to root successful.

radha : su : + tb fmg-root

su from terminal tb
fmg to root successful.

[amit singh_3]

hey Manikandan,

but in which manner system is generating that
terminal name.
Is there any command to know the terminal name.

Amit singh

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

$tty will answer you recent post.

sks

[T G Manikandan]

nstrtel is the kernel paramter which controls the number of telnet sessions creating the same amount of tels device files under /dev/pts/t*

you can check the

#man 7 tels
for more information