Re: system console

From: Terry A. Haimann (terry_at_pegasus.oldboy.com)
Date: 07/16/04

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    What the real problem was, was that I had created a cronn job and it
    wasn't running and I was wanting to see what was really going on. I
    learned later that it was some sort of security problem and wasn't being
    ran (even though /var/log/cron said it was.) It would have been nice if I
    could have fired up a virtual console and watched the messages go by. I
    believe standard unix has such a capability.

    On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:48:41 -0500, AG wrote:

    >
    > "Terry A. Haimann" <terry@pegasus.oldboy.com> wrote in message
    > news:pan.2004.07.15.16.55.34.381862@pegasus.oldboy.com...
    >> I am a mainframe computer operator, and on such systems the main console
    >> lists when all jobs start/end, all sign ins are displayed and all
    >> system messages are also displayed.
    >>
    >> Is there a way for a command prompt to become system console under linux
    >> or how else would one obtain this information?
    >>
    >> I've looked through the /var/log/* and haven't seen anything of that
    > depth.
    >>
    >> Terry
    >>
    > If you sign in as root, go to the root directory and run tail -f
    > bash_history that will show all commands that are run as root. Hope this
    > helps.
    > AG

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