Expand the description of the I/O log files.

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Todd C. Miller
2019-07-11 13:42:12 -06:00
parent 679f13ef53
commit 03ba6426e7
2 changed files with 111 additions and 26 deletions

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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.nr BA @BAMAN@
.nr LC @LCMAN@
.nr PS @PSMAN@
.TH "SUDOERS" "@mansectform@" "June 21, 2019" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual"
.TH "SUDOERS" "@mansectform@" "July 11, 2019" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual"
.nh
.if n .ad l
.SH "NAME"
@@ -4829,34 +4829,82 @@ Each I/O log is stored in a separate directory that contains the
following files:
.TP 10n
\fIlog\fR
a text file containing the time the command was run, the name of the user
A text file containing information about the command.
The first line consists of the following colon-delimited fields:
the time the command was run, the name of the user
who ran
\fBsudo\fR,
the name of the target user, the name of the target group (optional),
the terminal that
\fBsudo\fR
was run from, the number of rows and columns of the terminal,
the working directory the command was run from and the path name of
the command itself (with arguments if present)
was run from, and the number of rows and columns of the terminal.
The second and third lines contain the working directory the command
was run from and the path name of the command itself (with arguments
if present).
.TP 10n
\fItiming\fR
a log of the amount of time between, and the number of bytes in, each
I/O log entry (used for session playback)
Timing information used to replay the session.
Each line consists of the I/O log entry type and amount of time
since the last entry, followed by type-specific data.
The I/O log entry types and their corresponding type-specific data are:
.PP
.RS 10n
.PD 0
.TP 6n
0
standard input, number of bytes in the entry
.TP 6n
1
standard output, number of bytes in the entry
.TP 6n
2
standard error, number of bytes in the entry
.TP 6n
3
terminal input, number of bytes in the entry
.TP 6n
4
terminal output, number of bytes in the entry
.TP 6n
5
window change, new number rows and columns
.TP 6n
6
bug compatibility for
\fBsudo\fR
1.8.7 terminal output
.TP 6n
7
command suspend or resume, signal number received
.PP
.RE
.PD
.TP 10n
\fIttyin\fR
input from the user's tty (what the user types)
Input from the user's tty, exactly as the user typed it.
No post-processing is performed.
For manual viewing, you may wish to convert carriage return characters
in the log to line feeds.
For example:
\(oqgunzip -c ttyin | tr \&"\er\&" \&"\en\&"\(cq
.TP 10n
\fIstdin\fR
input from a pipe or file
The standard input when no terminal is present, or input redirected from
a pipe or file.
.TP 10n
\fIttyout\fR
output from the pseudo-terminal (what the command writes to the screen)
Output from the pseudo-terminal (what the command writes to the screen).
Note that terminal-specific post-processing is performed before the
data is logged.
This means that, for example, line feeds are usually converted to
line feed/carriage return pairs and tabs may be expanded to spaces.
.TP 10n
\fIstdout\fR
standard output to a pipe or redirected to a file
The standard output when no terminal is present, or output redirected to
a pipe or file.
.TP 10n
\fIstderr\fR
standard error to a pipe or redirected to a file
The standard error redirected to a pipe or file.
.PP
All files other than
\fIlog\fR
@@ -4864,7 +4912,7 @@ are compressed in gzip format unless the
\fIcompress_io\fR
flag has been disabled.
Due to buffering, it is not normally possible to display the I/O logs in
real-time as the program is executing
real-time as the program is executing.
The I/O log data will not be complete until the program run by
\fBsudo\fR
has exited or has been terminated by a signal.

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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.nr BA @BAMAN@
.nr LC @LCMAN@
.nr PS @PSMAN@
.Dd June 21, 2019
.Dd July 11, 2019
.Dt SUDOERS @mansectform@
.Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@
.Sh NAME
@@ -4503,28 +4503,65 @@ Each I/O log is stored in a separate directory that contains the
following files:
.Bl -tag -width 8n
.It Pa log
a text file containing the time the command was run, the name of the user
A text file containing information about the command.
The first line consists of the following colon-delimited fields:
the time the command was run, the name of the user
who ran
.Nm sudo ,
the name of the target user, the name of the target group (optional),
the terminal that
.Nm sudo
was run from, the number of rows and columns of the terminal,
the working directory the command was run from and the path name of
the command itself (with arguments if present)
was run from, and the number of rows and columns of the terminal.
The second and third lines contain the working directory the command
was run from and the path name of the command itself (with arguments
if present).
.It Pa timing
a log of the amount of time between, and the number of bytes in, each
I/O log entry (used for session playback)
Timing information used to replay the session.
Each line consists of the I/O log entry type and amount of time
since the last entry, followed by type-specific data.
The I/O log entry types and their corresponding type-specific data are:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 4n -compact
.It 0
standard input, number of bytes in the entry
.It 1
standard output, number of bytes in the entry
.It 2
standard error, number of bytes in the entry
.It 3
terminal input, number of bytes in the entry
.It 4
terminal output, number of bytes in the entry
.It 5
window change, new number rows and columns
.It 6
bug compatibility for
.Nm sudo
1.8.7 terminal output
.It 7
command suspend or resume, signal number received
.El
.It Pa ttyin
input from the user's tty (what the user types)
Input from the user's tty, exactly as the user typed it.
No post-processing is performed.
For manual viewing, you may wish to convert carriage return characters
in the log to line feeds.
For example:
.Ql gunzip -c ttyin | tr \&"\er\&" \&"\en\&"
.It Pa stdin
input from a pipe or file
The standard input when no terminal is present, or input redirected from
a pipe or file.
.It Pa ttyout
output from the pseudo-terminal (what the command writes to the screen)
Output from the pseudo-terminal (what the command writes to the screen).
Note that terminal-specific post-processing is performed before the
data is logged.
This means that, for example, line feeds are usually converted to
line feed/carriage return pairs and tabs may be expanded to spaces.
.It Pa stdout
standard output to a pipe or redirected to a file
The standard output when no terminal is present, or output redirected to
a pipe or file.
.It Pa stderr
standard error to a pipe or redirected to a file
The standard error redirected to a pipe or file.
.El
.Pp
All files other than
@@ -4533,7 +4570,7 @@ are compressed in gzip format unless the
.Em compress_io
flag has been disabled.
Due to buffering, it is not normally possible to display the I/O logs in
real-time as the program is executing
real-time as the program is executing.
The I/O log data will not be complete until the program run by
.Nm sudo
has exited or has been terminated by a signal.