aureport on fedora 10 64-bit vs 12 64-bit

[Jarod Wilson]

On Feb 20, 2011, at 7:38 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> On 02/20/2011 06:57 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>> I have found that if I run, for example, aureport --summary -ts today
>> -te today on a repeated basis (testing, for example) on an F10 system,
>> the correct results are repeated.  But, if I try it repeatedly on an
>> F12 system, the correct results appear to be accurate the first time,
>> then reset to 0 subsequent times.
>> 
>> Why does F10 remember the summary and F12 appears to clear out the
>> results after the first run?   Where are the details collected from
>> and stored?  I presume /var/log/*?  But why does one remember the
>> settings and the other appear to cache the results?
>> 
>> I'm been trying to learn more about how aureport works.  F10 is great
>> in actively showing me every change - updated summaries and login
>> attempts, and it remembers the results every time I request them.
>> F12 does not seem to capture new login attempts immediately, for
>> either login query or summary query.   Why is F12 apparently slower or
>> simply more finicky than F10?
> Seems to work correctly on F14.

I'll just add that both Fedora 10 and Fedora 12 are past their expiration
dates (no longer supported), so if you really want to understand how it
works, I'd do so with a more current version, as prices are subject to
change. :)

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