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08-01-2007, 04:40 AM	#1
kirtikjr Member Registered: Apr 2007 Location: banglore Distribution: RedHat EL v4 Posts: 35 Rep:	how to log root access ? how can be log if non previleged user tries login as a root user ? or is there any default log file ?

08-01-2007, 05:24 AM	#2
emi_ramo Member Registered: Apr 2007 Location: Barcelona, Spain Distribution: Debian, KUbuntu Posts: 213 Rep:	Try the command lastlog, or lastlog user.

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