How do change syslog.conf to log all password changes?
[224 byte] By [twee2003] at [2007-11-25 23:24:55] 
Hi,What do I have to add to my syslog.conf to log all password changes?I would even want to log when root changes passwords.I pretty sure that i have to change /etc/syslog.confThanks
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TMK, passwd doesn't utilize syslog at all - at least I don't remember that it does.
But you could write a wrapper for passwd which execute logger commands to log what ever you want around the real passwd command. Of course, folks could bypass the wrapper by executing passwd directly.
swoneill at 2007-7-5 18:11:51 >
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