Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 21:13:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Joshua Lokken <joshua@twobirds.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plod-like tool in ports Message-ID: <20040506211232.C38128@byx0rm.mr-clevver.com> In-Reply-To: <20040506215500.GB28854@freebsd.jolok.org> References: <20040506210821.GA28854@freebsd.jolok.org> <20040506215500.GB28854@freebsd.jolok.org>
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On Thu, 6 May 2004, Joshua Lokken wrote: > * Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> [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
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