Extended logging with SNOOPY

When it comes to security, snoopy is a handy tool for system engineers. Snoopy logs all commands and the user details to ‘/var/log/secure’.

Installing and uninstalling snoopy is very easy.

Installation procedure:
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cd /var/tmp/
wget http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/snoopy/snoopy/1.9.0.tar.gz/809b8503ab795893e0f931cfdac34cbf/snoopy-1.9.0.tar.gz
tar xvf snoopy-1.8.0.tar.gz
cd snoopy-1.8.0
./configure
make
make install
make enable
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The above steps will enable snoopy and we will able to see the logs in detail  in "/var/log/secure"

Uninstall snoopy:
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Now, if we need to uninstall snoopy. The steps are as below:
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vi /etc/ld.so.preload  >> Remove the content in the file
rm /usr/local/lib/snoopy.so
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Now if you run "make enable", you will see the below message:
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[root@rhel-test1 snoopy-snoopy-1.9.0]# make enable
./enable.sh /usr/local/lib
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/snoopy.so is not installed or is not executable
make: *** [enable] Error 1

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Kool : Enjoy snoopy :)