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

NAME
     sudoreplay -- replay sudo session logs

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

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

DESCRIPTION
     sudoreplay  plays	back or lists the output logs created by sudo.	When re-
     playing, 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"	or  a path name.  The ID may include an optional
     @offset suffix which may be used to start replaying at a specific time off-
     set.  The @offset is specified as a number in seconds since  the  start  of
     the session with an optional decimal fraction.

     Path  names  may be relative to the I/O log directory /var/log/sudo-io (un-
     less 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(3) 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  termi-
     nal  and  the  -n option is not specified, sudoreplay will operate interac-
     tively.  In interactive mode, sudoreplay will attempt to adjust the  termi-
     nal  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 fin-
     ished, the terminal is restored to its original size if it was changed dur-
     ing 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 out-
	     put.   The filter argument is a comma-separated list, consisting of
	     one or more of following: 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.
	     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).  Any control characters present in
	     the log data are formatted in octal with a leading  `#'  character.
	     For  example, a horizontal tab is displayed as `#011' and an embed-
	     ded carriage return is displayed as `#015'.   Space  characters  in
	     the command name and arguments are also formatted in octal.

	     If  a  search  expression is specified, it will be used to restrict
	     the IDs that are displayed.  An expression is composed of the  fol-
	     lowing predicates:

	     command pattern
		     Evaluates	to true if the command run matches the POSIX ex-
		     tended 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.  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.  By default, sudo runs  commands  as  the  root
		     user.

	     todate date
		     Evaluates	to  true  if  the command was run on or prior to
		     date.  See "Date and time format" for a description of sup-
		     ported 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 (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 accurately 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 seconds.	The value may be specified as a  floating  point
	     number,  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  terminal.
	     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  terminal  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 seconds 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.  Month and day of the week names must be speci-
	     fied 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  speci-
     fied, 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 as-
     sumed.

     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.

     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 re-
     sult 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), refer to its manual.

FILES
     /usr/local/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.

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

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

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

	   Todd C. Miller

     See     the    CONTRIBUTORS.md    file    in    the    sudo    distribution
     (https://www.sudo.ws/about/contributors/) for an exhaustive list of  people
     who have contributed to sudo.

BUGS
     If  you  believe  you have found a bug in sudoreplay, you can either file a
     bug report in the sudo bug database, https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/, or open  an
     issue  at https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/issues.  If you would prefer
     to use email, messages may  be  sent  to  the  sudo-workers  mailing  list,
     https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-workers	      (public)	      or
     <sudo@sudo.ws> (private).

     Please do not report security vulnerabilities through public GitHub issues,
     Bugzilla  or  mailing  lists.   Instead,	report	 them	via   email   to
     <Todd.Miller@sudo.ws>.   You may encrypt your message with PGP if you would
     like, using the key found at https://www.sudo.ws/dist/PGPKEYS.

SUPPORT
     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
     sudoreplay is provided "AS IS" and any express or implied	warranties,  in-
     cluding,  but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and
     fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.  See the	LICENSE.md  file
     distributed  with	sudo  or https://www.sudo.ws/about/license/ for complete
     details.

Sudo 1.9.17p2			January 16, 2023		   SUDOREPLAY(8)

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