Thanks all I am not violatoing privacy. The server is a ssh server for my student. The know that I see what they type in advance. I correct their faults on line Thank you again On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, adel.essafi@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Dear all > > I am managing a fedora server in a high school. users connect to the server > > through ssh. > > I want to know if it is possible to configure the server so that I get all > > the command line they type in real type. > > the .bash_histoty is not a reliable solution because, it is updated after > > logout and the user can erase it. > > Is there another way? technical aspects aside, are you sure you want to be doing this? that's a pretty thorough breach of privacy, although i suspect that, as long as every login is accompanied by the warning, "ALL OF YOUR KEYSTROKES ARE BEING RECORDED," you're probably good there. but what's next? are you going to track all of the intra-machine emails next? why not just put in enough security to be able to track security breaches and leave it at that? why implement a learning environment that's just plain paranoid? just my $0.02. rday -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .