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mrmnemo

04-28-2010 05:11 PM

understanding auth.log

thanks for reading.

Could someone please tell me how i should interpret the following auth.log entry?

Code:

su[3479]: + ??? root:myuser

thanks.

AlucardZero

04-28-2010 05:54 PM

Well.. read the line before it?

mrmnemo

04-28-2010 05:59 PM

thanks. Actually, I would like to know what the ??? means. Also, i usually see the su done user to root. Also, I dont use su I use sudo.

AlucardZero

04-28-2010 06:42 PM

I don't know what the ??? means, but cron + pam will generate a lot of these messages

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