Shell script for to view all users & groups history in root

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Dear All,

I want to know all users & group history in one file, for root[administrator] terminal through shell or any other option

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"All history" is a lot of data, which is not all captured. Do you want login, process starts, ???

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Hi DGPickett,

I created one group.Group name Group1.Under group have 10 user.what is my think is i want know all 10 user history.Its possible to view particular user like /home/user1/.bash_history.But this is a big process.so i want all user history in one file through shell or any other option.please reply that if you know

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Well, the bash history is what they typed into the shell, which may run many things.

I suppose you could hack an open source shell to syslog() every line they type into it. That does not help if they use a different shell. Similarly, you could modify the UNIX Kernel so it syslog()'d every exec*() call. If you turn on accounting, you may get such a report logged.

Generally, if you don't want people to run stuff, you give them a restricted shell or no login at all, just services or web pages!

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Thanks DGPickett,

What i need is :

1. "root" should be accessed by only one person. [Now it is not like that:)]
2. "user" should have rwx access to any directory , which is permitted by "root"
3. The "root" need to get history used by "user"
4. And at last , "user" should not delete his own history at any cost..!!

The thing is , "root" want to track out all the commands running by "user".

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Well, the user is writing shell history, but it wraps, and the user can destroy it, since they can write it. That is why I mentioned a syslog(), which sends off a message not recallable. I change my HISTFILE and HISTSIZE for more recall not deleted, and back up HISTFILE so I can recall more. But it is almost impossible to track a UNIX user's every execution unless you truss/tusc/strace init or the like. You might do it with a modified /lib/libc.so, if everyone uses the dynamic link. You are really talking about proprietary features added to UNIX. Even then, one might download static binaries and run them.