How do I configure uroot to send an email to the root user everytime uroot is used? (NETIQKB37615)

  • 7737615
  • 02-Feb-2007
  • 27-Nov-2007

Resolution

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How do I configure uroot to send an email to the root user everytime uroot is used?

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How do I monitor use of uroot?

goal
How can I audit uroot use?

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 5.0

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 3.2

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 4.0

fix

To monitor the use of the uroot account, you can specify that uroot send an email message to the root user every time that uroot is used.  Enable the mail_always keyword to configure this function.

To enable the mail_always function for uroot:

  1. Use a text editor to load the /etc/uroot.cfg file.

  2. Type the following text near the top of the file, preferably after the lines that start with a #:

  3. Defaults:ALL mail_always

  4. Save and close the file.



note

By default, uroot logs only to a file.



Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB37615