Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-22,: Re: Tracking exec'd processes.

# Re: Tracking exec'd processes.

Mike A. Harris (mharris@ican.net)
Sat, 29 May 1999 18:56:38 -0400 (EDT)

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On Sun, 30 May 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

>> Does Linux have a mechanism which can log all processes that have
>> been exec'd?
>
>yes

What is the mechanism and how do I use it?

>but it has no security value. I hard link every program I run to
>banana and run that. End of log value 8)

That assumes I am using it for security purposes - and I am not.

Also, should I need/want to track the programs people run on any
of my machines, it would work fine as a security tool because not
a single person knows anything whatsoever about UNIX, so...

.bash_history works fine for those people anyway.

I'm interested in seeing what things are executed on the system,
and when, just for informational purposes more than anything.

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