From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 6 21:12:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDCB516A4CE for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 21:12:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from priv-edtnes14-hme0.telusplanet.net (outbound03.telus.net [199.185.220.222]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43FE343D31 for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 21:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from viktorlazlo@telus.net) Received: from byx0rm.mr-clevver.com ([206.116.67.130]) by priv-edtnes14-hme0.telusplanet.netESMTP <20040507041252.GJIP17922.priv-edtnes14-hme0.telusplanet.net@byx0rm.mr-clevver.com>; Thu, 6 May 2004 22:12:52 -0600 Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 21:13:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo X-X-Sender: viktorlazlo@byx0rm.mr-clevver.com To: Joshua Lokken In-Reply-To: <20040506215500.GB28854@freebsd.jolok.org> Message-ID: <20040506211232.C38128@byx0rm.mr-clevver.com> References: <20040506210821.GA28854@freebsd.jolok.org> <20040506215500.GB28854@freebsd.jolok.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plod-like tool in ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 04:12:53 -0000 On Thu, 6 May 2004, Joshua Lokken wrote: > * Kris Kennaway [2004-05-06 14:25]: > > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 02:08:21PM -0700, Joshua Lokken wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone out there use a tool similar to plod for personal logging > > > of administrative tasks? I've looked through > > > /usr/ports/sysutils, and didn't see anything that caught my eye. > > > > Perhaps if you explained in more detail what plod does, someone might > > be able to suggest something. > > PLOD is a tool designed to help administrators (and others) keep track > of their daily activities. Since your management will typically have > no idea what you are doing to justify such an exorbitant salary (any > amount of money they may be paying you being classified as > "exorbitant"), and since most people forget what they do themselves, > it's good to keep a record. Trot your logs out around performance > review time, and show them to your management (after suitable > sanitization) on a regular basis. > > The interface is designed to make it quick to dash off a simple note > to yourself. Since most folks who are going to use PLOD also use > email, I've based the interface on Berkeley mail-- tilde escapes and > all (for a list of escapes, try ~h or ~?). By default, your logs will > be encrypted using the /bin/crypt command-- not secure in the least, > but marginally safe from casual browsing (I tend to vent into my logs > sometimes rather than at those who might be offended and fire me). > You can turn off the encryption if you find it more a hassle than a > comfort. Why not just use plod then? It works fine under both FreeBSD and Linux. Cheers, Viktor