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Old 01-28-2018, 03:44 AM   #1
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Messages from /var/log/secure are disappearing

I am a root user. When I do a su login as 2 other users (bill and john in this case), the log ins get logged into the /var/log/secure file. Problem is, the messages disappear only after a minute. How do I ensure that the messages persist, even after reboot?

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Check with the fuser command if an unexpected process has opened it.
 
  


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