rootsh (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
rootsh – a logging wrapper for shells
SYNOPSIS
rootsh [OPTION]… [—] [COMMANDS]
DESCRIPTION
Start a shell with logging of input/output. Rootsh must be started via sudo if you want to become root. It does not raise your privileges on it’s own. You can run rootsh as a standalone application if you only want to log your own user’s session. If you call rootsh with additional commands, these will be passed to the shell.
-i,–initial- Make the shell a login shell
-u,–user=USER- Run the shell as a non-root user
-f,–logfile=FILE- Name of the file you want to write the logs (standalone only)
-d,–logdir=DIR- Directory where you want your logfile written (standalone only)
–no-logfile- Switch off logging to a file (standalone only)
–no-syslog- Switch off logging to syslog (standalone only)
-h,–help- Display this help and exit
-V,–version- Output version and capability information and exit
—- Stop scanning for command line options. Everything found after — will be passed to the shell with -c
No parameters mean start a rootshell
EXAMPLES
sudo rootsh- Start a logged root shell
sudo rootsh -u oracle- Start a logged shell in the context of user oracle.
rootsh -f mysession.log –no-syslog- Start a new shell for your user id, write protocol into mysession.log, do not send anything to syslog. This is identical to "script -f mysession.log"
rootsh -i -u oracle lsnrctl stop- Run command "lsnrctl stop" as user oracle. (this will call sh -c "lsnrctl stop")
rootsh -i -u oracle — ls -l- Run command "ls -l" as user oracle. (this will call sh -c "ls -l")
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to Corey Henderson <corman [at] cormander.com>
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for rootsh can be found at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/rootsh
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.