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SUDOREPLAY(8)            BSD System Manager's Manual           SUDOREPLAY(8)

NAME top

     sudoreplay — replay sudo session logs

SYNOPSIS top

     sudoreplay [-FhnRS] [-d dir] [-f filter] [-m num] [-s num] ID

     sudoreplay [-h] [-d dir] -l [search expression]

DESCRIPTION top

     sudoreplay plays back or lists the output logs created by sudo.  When
     replaying, sudoreplay can play the session back in real-time, or the
     playback speed may be adjusted (faster or slower) based on the command
     line options.

     The ID should either be a six character sequence of digits and upper
     case letters, e.g., 0100A5, a pattern matching the iolog_file option in
     the sudoers file, or a path name.  Path names may be relative to the
     iolog_dir option in the sudoers file (unless overridden by the -d
     option) or fully qualified, beginning with a ‘/’ character.  When a
     command is run via sudo with log_output enabled in the sudoers file, a
     TSID=ID string is logged via syslog or to the sudo log file.  The ID
     may also be determined using sudoreplay's list mode.

     In list mode, sudoreplay can be used to find the ID of a session based
     on a number of criteria such as the user, tty or command run.

     In replay mode, if the standard input and output are connected to a
     terminal and the -n option is not specified, sudoreplay will operate
     interactively.  In interactive mode, sudoreplay will attempt to adjust
     the terminal size to match that of the session and write directly to
     the terminal (not all terminals support this).  Additionally, it will
     poll the keyboard and act on the following keys:

     ‘\n’ or ‘\r’  Skip to the next replay event; useful for long pauses.

     ‘ ’ (space)   Pause output; press any key to resume.

     ‘<’           Reduce the playback speed by one half.

     ‘>’           Double the playback speed.

     The session can be interrupted via control-C.  When the session has
     finished, the terminal is restored to its original size if it was
     changed during playback.

     The options are as follows:

     -d dir, --directory=dir
                 Store session logs in dir instead of the default,
                 /var/log/sudo-io.

     -f filter, --filter=filter
                 Select which I/O type(s) to display.  By default,
                 sudoreplay will display the command's standard output,
                 standard error and tty output.  The filter argument is a
                 comma-separated list, consisting of one or more of follow‐
                 ing: stdin, stdout, stderr, ttyin, and ttyout.

     -F, --follow
                 Enable “follow mode”.  When replaying a session, sudoreplay
                 will ignore end-of-file and keep replaying until the log is
                 complete.  This can be used to replay a session that is
                 still in progress, similar to “tail -f”.  An I/O log file
                 is considered to be complete when the write bits have been
                 cleared on the session's timing file.  Note that versions
                 of sudo prior to 1.9.1 do not clear the write bits upon
                 completion.

     -h, --help  Display a short help message to the standard output and
                 exit.

     -l, --list [search expression]
                 Enable “list mode”.  In this mode, sudoreplay will list
                 available sessions in a format similar to the sudo log file
                 format, sorted by file name (or sequence number).  If a
                 search expression is specified, it will be used to restrict
                 the IDs that are displayed.  An expression is composed of
                 the following predicates:

                 command pattern
                         Evaluates to true if the command run matches the
                         POSIX extended regular expression pattern.

                 cwd directory
                         Evaluates to true if the command was run with the
                         specified current working directory.

                 fromdate date
                         Evaluates to true if the command was run on or
                         after date.  See Date and time format for a
                         description of supported date and time formats.

                 group runas_group
                         Evaluates to true if the command was run with the
                         specified runas_group.  Note that unless a
                         runas_group was explicitly specified when sudo was
                         run this field will be empty in the log.

                 host hostname
                         Evaluates to true if the command was run on the
                         specified hostname.

                 runas runas_user
                         Evaluates to true if the command was run as the
                         specified runas_user.  Note that sudo runs commands
                         as user root by default.

                 todate date
                         Evaluates to true if the command was run on or
                         prior to date.  See Date and time format for a
                         description of supported date and time formats.

                 tty tty name
                         Evaluates to true if the command was run on the
                         specified terminal device.  The tty name should be
                         specified without the /dev/ prefix, e.g., tty01
                         instead of /dev/tty01.

                 user user name
                         Evaluates to true if the ID matches a command run
                         by user name.

                 Predicates may be abbreviated to the shortest unique
                 string.

                 Predicates may be combined using and, or and ! operators as
                 well as ‘(’ and ‘)’ grouping (note that parentheses must
                 generally be escaped from the shell).  The and operator is
                 optional, adjacent predicates have an implied and unless
                 separated by an or.

     -m, --max-wait max_wait
                 Specify an upper bound on how long to wait between key
                 presses or output data.  By default, sudoreplay will accu‐
                 rately reproduce the delays between key presses or program
                 output.  However, this can be tedious when the session
                 includes long pauses.  When the -m option is specified,
                 sudoreplay will limit these pauses to at most max_wait sec‐
                 onds.  The value may be specified as a floating point num‐
                 ber, e.g., 2.5.  A max_wait of zero or less will eliminate
                 the pauses entirely.

     -n, --non-interactive
                 Do not prompt for user input or attempt to re-size the ter‐
                 minal.  The session is written to the standard output, not
                 directly to the user's terminal.

     -R, --no-resize
                 Do not attempt to re-size the terminal to match the termi‐
                 nal size of the session.

     -S, --suspend-wait
                 Wait while the command was suspended.  By default,
                 sudoreplay will ignore the time interval between when the
                 command was suspended and when it was resumed.  If the -S
                 option is specified, sudoreplay will wait instead.

     -s, --speed speed_factor
                 This option causes sudoreplay to adjust the number of sec‐
                 onds it will wait between key presses or program output.
                 This can be used to slow down or speed up the display.  For
                 example, a speed_factor of 2 would make the output twice as
                 fast whereas a speed_factor of .5 would make the output
                 twice as slow.

     -V, --version
                 Print the sudoreplay versions version number and exit.

   Date and time format
     The time and date may be specified multiple ways, common formats
     include:

     HH:MM:SS am MM/DD/CCYY timezone
             24 hour time may be used in place of am/pm.

     HH:MM:SS am Month, Day Year timezone
             24 hour time may be used in place of am/pm, and month and day
             names may be abbreviated.  Note that month and day of the week
             names must be specified in English.

     CCYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
             ISO time format

     DD Month CCYY HH:MM:SS
             The month name may be abbreviated.

     Either time or date may be omitted, the am/pm and timezone are
     optional.  If no date is specified, the current day is assumed; if no
     time is specified, the first second of the specified date is used.  The
     less significant parts of both time and date may also be omitted, in
     which case zero is assumed.

     The following are all valid time and date specifications:

     now     The current time and date.

     tomorrow
             Exactly one day from now.

     yesterday
             24 hours ago.

     2 hours ago
             2 hours ago.

     next Friday
             The first second of the Friday in the next (upcoming) week.
             Not to be confused with “this Friday” which would match the
             Friday of the current week.

     last week
             The current time but 7 days ago.  This is equivalent to “a week
             ago”.

     a fortnight ago
             The current time but 14 days ago.

     10:01 am 9/17/2009
             10:01 am, September 17, 2009.

     10:01 am
             10:01 am on the current day.

     10      10:00 am on the current day.

     9/17/2009
             00:00 am, September 17, 2009.

     10:01 am Sep 17, 2009
             10:01 am, September 17, 2009.

     Note that relative time specifications do not always work as expected.
     For example, the “next” qualifier is intended to be used in conjunction
     with a day such as “next Monday”.  When used with units of weeks,
     months, years, etc the result will be one more than expected.  For
     example, “next week” will result in a time exactly two weeks from now,
     which is probably not what was intended.  This will be addressed in a
     future version of sudoreplay.

   Debugging sudoreplay
     sudoreplay versions 1.8.4 and higher support a flexible debugging
     framework that is configured via Debug lines in the sudo.conf(5) file.

     For more information on configuring sudo.conf(5), please refer to its
     manual.

FILES top

     /etc/sudo.conf            Debugging framework configuration

     /var/log/sudo-io          The default I/O log directory.

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/log
                               Example session log info.

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/log.json
                               Example session log info (JSON format).

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/stdin
                               Example session standard input log.

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/stdout
                               Example session standard output log.

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/stderr
                               Example session standard error log.

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/ttyin
                               Example session tty input file.

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/ttyout
                               Example session tty output file.

     /var/log/sudo-io/00/00/01/timing
                               Example session timing file.

     Note that the stdin, stdout and stderr files will be empty unless sudo
     was used as part of a pipeline for a particular command.

EXAMPLES top

     List sessions run by user millert:

           # sudoreplay -l user millert

     List sessions run by user bob with a command containing the string vi:

           # sudoreplay -l user bob command vi

     List sessions run by user jeff that match a regular expression:

           # sudoreplay -l user jeff command '/bin/[a-z]*sh'

     List sessions run by jeff or bob on the console:

           # sudoreplay -l ( user jeff or user bob ) tty console

SEE ALSO top

     script(1), sudo.conf(5), sudo(8)

AUTHORS top

     Many people have worked on sudo over the years; this version consists
     of code written primarily by:

           Todd C. Miller

     See the CONTRIBUTORS file in the sudo distribution
     (https://www.sudo.ws/contributors.html) for an exhaustive list of peo‐
     ple who have contributed to sudo.

BUGS top

     If you feel you have found a bug in sudoreplay, please submit a bug
     report at https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/

SUPPORT top

     Limited free support is available via the sudo-users mailing list, see
     https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-users to subscribe or search
     the archives.

DISCLAIMER top

     sudoreplay is provided “AS IS” and any express or implied warranties,
     including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantabil‐
     ity and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.  See the
     LICENSE file distributed with sudo or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html
     for complete details.

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Sudo 1.9.2                      May 18, 2020                      Sudo 1.9.2