Okay, so I stumbled upon this thing called “cap snoopy” and figured I’d give it a shot. I’d heard it was a neat way to keep tabs on what commands are being run on a system, kind of like a little spy for your terminal. Honestly, I was just curious, so I decided to mess around with it.
Getting Started
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First things first, I had to get this thing installed. It wasn’t sitting in the usual package manager, so I had to do a bit of digging. Turns out, it’s available on GitHub. I grabbed the source code and prepared for compiling process.
The Build Process
- Downloading: I pulled the source code down to my machine. Just a simple git clone and I had the files.
- Dependencies: Turns out, cap snoopy need libcap-dev,I installed it with apt (because I’m on a Debian-based system).
- Compiling: It was a straightforward
makecommand. Type that in, hit enter, and watch the magic happen. There were a few warnings, but nothing that seemed to break anything. - Installation: Then,
sudo make installto get it all set up properly. I always feel a little nervous running commands with sudo, but hey, that’s how it goes.
Taking it for a Spin
Once installed,I used command snoopy,it has some thing wrong,so I edit /etc/* ,I enabled it use the command enabled = yes.
And after that, I try snoopy -h it prints a bunch of options.I try to use it with snoopy -f /tmp/*,It’s worked!
The Results
I opened up another terminal and ran a few basic commands, just to see what would happen. ls, pwd, whoami, the usual stuff. Then I went back to check the system logs.
Boom! There they were. Every command I’d run, neatly logged. It even included the user ID, the terminal, and a bunch of other details. It’s pretty cool, actually. I can see how this would be super useful for tracking down weird issues or just keeping an eye on things.
Final Thoughts
So, that’s my little adventure with cap snoopy. It was a fun little project, and I learned something new. Might be handy to have this running in the background, just in case. I’m no expert, but it seems like a pretty solid tool for anyone who’s into system administration or just wants a bit more visibility into what’s happening on their machine.
