Re: logger effective uid pb ?

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17.07.2004, at 17:59, rmkml wrote:
> ssh root@dgfly1
> # su -m - compile
> $ id
> uid=1001(compile) gid=1001(compile) groups=1001(compile)
> $ logger test
> $ echo $USER
> compile
>
> and I view in dgfly1 on /var/log/messages
> Jul 17 19:47:03 <1.5> dgfly1 root: test
>
> do you have tested -m flags ?

Okay my fault. logger(1) performs an openlog(getlogin(), ...). This 
means it will always log with the name of the user who owns the 
session, unless you specify another tag to use.

cheers
  simon

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