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nervous137 04-17-2012 09:11 AM
Creating a Log file to log activity time in Ubuntu mint
 
How can I create a log file to detail the time spent on each activity on my Linux box, or is there already a log file available for viewing?

Many thanks

David

pan64 04-18-2012 02:12 AM
last will show you some information, is this what you are looking for?

Satyaveer Arya 04-18-2012 07:59 AM
Rather than looking into log files, you can one thing, just install this package -

Code:
$ sudo apt-get install acct
Start the acct service.

Code:
$ sudo service acct start
and run the ac command, you'll get all the information.
Also check the man page of ac before using it.

Code:
$ man ac

Satyaveer Arya 04-18-2012 08:02 AM
And to see the commands executed by a particular user you can check with this command -

Code:
$ lastcomm <username>

nervous137 04-19-2012 07:37 AM
Great I will give it a go. Thank you to everyone who replied. Many thanks

D


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