script to log work done on Servers
Michael P. Brininstool
mikepb at hoplite.org
Wed Aug 2 16:15:29 UTC 2006
From: David Desscan
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:10 AM
>Sometimes we use remote access ssh and su
>to perform important tasks and read logs.
>Since we use the same admin username and
>password, ....
sudo -- use sudo -- very easy to use sudo -- log in as normal user, do not
allow root login via ssh. then sudo to do the command you need, such as
"sudo less /var/log/messages"
We do the following when we MUST have a root shell (rarely):
"sudo su -"
--
Michael
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