Re: no .bash_hostory file was found in user home folder

i am using package "acct" (lastcomm is part of this package).

my
question is, isn't "acct" package depends upon user's .bash_history ? or it is maintaining its own log?

yes i can see user can delete/edit their history file. is there anyway to record history permanently. a good solution for accounting.

Thanks,

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Chris Davies <chris@roaima.co.uk> wrote:

Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com> wrote:

> :~$ echo $HISTFILE
> /home/ykhan/.bash_history

> any idea where these history files are.
> actually i need to do some accounting for my users , what they are doing
> actually with time tag set to ON.

These files are of limited value for accounting since the users can
simply edit them. Perhaps you should investigate the kernel's process
accounting subsystem (usermode tools are in package "acct):

# lastcomm --strict-match --user dmaus --tty pts/4 | head -5
tty dmaus pts/4 0.00 secs Mon Oct 21 16:05
ls dmaus pts/4 0.00 secs Mon Oct 21 16:04
bash F dmaus pts/4 0.00 secs Mon Oct 21 16:04
dircolors dmaus pts/4 0.00 secs Mon Oct 21 16:04
bash F dmaus pts/4 0.00 secs Mon Oct 21 16:04

Chris

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