On 03/07/2011 06:38 PM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I am running 64-bit Fedora 10 and 12 (and yes, I know they are both > old versions, but I don't have the ability, at the moment, to upgrade > them, so I need to work with what I have). > > These machines are part of a NIS network and do NOT have SELinux enabled. > > A few questions to help educate me: > > - If I run aureport -i -l -ts this-week -te this-week I sometimes > get a resulting username of "unknown". /var/yp is up-to-date and > /etc/passwd shows no unusual entries for the NIS server nor any of the > clients. What might cause the 'unknown' entries? > > - In /etc/pam.d/system-auth what is the function of shadow, I think on > one of the password lines > > - If I type history in bash, I get a listing of commands entered, but > no corresponding date/time stamps. I did recently learn about the > history timestamp bash variable, but if I export it, it will show me > the history commands with a date/time stamp of _now_ (when I exported > it). Is there _any_ way to see when the command was entered, or is > it a lost cause? > > - As a followup to history, if chkconfig _whaterver_ on/off was typed > (say chkconfig auditd on or off) where is the best place to see > _when_ it might have been entered? I looked in /var/log/messages > but it was not readily apparent. Have you run 'ypcat passwd' to see what it reports.
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