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rootsh


Information about the package, rootsh, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rootsh package is designed for, Shell wrapper for auditing.


Package Name:

rootsh

Summary:

Shell wrapper for auditing

Description:

Rootsh is a wrapper for shells which logs all echoed keystrokes and terminal output to a file and/or to syslog. Its main purpose is the auditing of users who need a shell with root privileges. They start rootsh through the sudo mechanism.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.5.3

Release:

17.el6

Size:

34 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for rootsh


Control the rootsh package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rootsh

This command will install rootsh on the server.

yum remove rootsh

This command will un-install rootsh on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rootsh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove rootsh

This command will un-install rootsh on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rootsh when using the -y flag.

yum update rootsh

This command will update rootsh to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rootsh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update rootsh

This command will update rootsh to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rootsh when using the -y flag.

yum info rootsh

This command will show you core information about the rootsh package.

yum deplist rootsh

This command will show you the dependencies for rootsh. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update rootsh

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rootsh. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.