Snoopy Logger

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Snoopy is a tiny library that logs all executed commands (+ arguments) on your system.

Table of Contents

• Snoopy Logger
  • 1. Installation
  • 2. Snoopy output
  • 3. Configuration
  • 4. Support
  • 5. How does Snoopy actually work?
  • 6. Contributing to Snoopy development
  • 7. Credits

1. Installation

The easiest way to start using Snoopy is to execute the following command (as root):

wget -q -O - https://github.com/a2o/snoopy/raw/master/bin/snoopy-install.sh | sh

That is it. Detailed installation instructions are available here: doc/INSTALL.md

2. Snoopy output

This is what typical Snoopy output looks like:

2015-02-11T19:05:10+00:00 labrat-1 snoopy[896]: [uid:0 sid:11679 tty:/dev/pts/2 cwd:/root filename:/usr/bin/cat]: cat /etc/fstab.BAK
2015-02-11T19:05:15+00:00 labrat-1 snoopy[896]: [uid:0 sid:11679 tty:/dev/pts/2 cwd:/root filename:/usr/bin/rm]: rm -f /etc/fstab.BAK
2015-02-11T19:05:19+00:00 labrat-1 snoopy[896]: [uid:0 sid:11679 tty:/dev/pts/2 cwd:/root filename:/usr/bin/tail]: tail -f /var/log/messages

These are default output locations on various Linux distributions:

• CentOS: /var/log/secure
• Debian: /var/log/auth.log
• Ubuntu: /var/log/auth.log
• others: /var/log/messages (potentially, not necessarily)

For actual output destination check your syslog configuration.

3. Configuration

Most parts of Snoopy are/can be/should be configured at build time.

However, since version 2.0.0 Snoopy supports optional configuration file. Snoopy's automated installation procedure enables configuration file support by default. Configuration file path is /etc/snoopy.ini.

For additional information consult comments in default configuration file etc/snoopy.ini and read appropriate sections of doc/INSTALL.md.

4. Support

Only latest released version of Snoopy is supported! Any version that is not the latest is not supported. Please do not submit any bugfix/feature/change requests related to old and unsupported Snoopy versions.

• You should consult FAQ first: doc/FAQ.md
• Then you should search the Snoopy issue tracker: https://github.com/a2o/snoopy/issues
• Then google your issue up.
• If the problem persist up to this point, create a new issue:)

5. How does Snoopy actually work?

See doc/internals/README.md

6. Contributing to Snoopy development

See doc/CONTRIBUTING.md

7. Credits

Development is currently located at the following URI: http://github.com/a2o/snoopy/

Snoopy Logger was originally created by: marius@umich.edu mbm@linux.com

Snoopy is currently maintained by: Bostjan Skufca, bostjan@a2o.si

List of contributors is available at the following locations:

• in the Snoopy's ChangeLog file;
• in the list of pull requests on GitHub.