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A few days ago I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and I am a newbie on it. Today I installed logkeys but I still cannot find a way to make it work. I tried the command logkeys -s via the terminal and it says ''got r00t?'' so I guess I should make the right configurations to start it as root. I am new to the Ubuntu world and kinda lost in it. Could you help me out on this?

Thanks in advance!

cactus
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You can run things as root using the sudo command, so try sudo logkeys -s in the terminal and see if that helps?

Ed_
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  • Tried that and it says ''Another process already running? Quitting. (/var/run/logkeys.pid): File exists''. So it seems it's running in the background but if so, how can i find it and open it? – cactus Sep 17 '14 at 14:31
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I think you have started the process. Anyaway to start it you should type

sudo logkeys --start

To see the keystrokes typen you should give to the command the --output option and the path of the file where you want to save the output

sudo logkeys --start --output /path/to/the/file

or you can simply see the logs in /var/log/logkeys.log, for example type

cat /var/log/logkeys.log

For more reference just go to https://code.google.com/p/logkeys/wiki/Logfiles and https://code.google.com/p/logkeys/wiki/Documentation

If it says "got r00t" just type sudo 

sudo logkeys --start --output /path/to/the/file
Antuan Loopen
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  • When I type /var/log/logkeys.log it says logkeys: Non-option argument /var/log/logkeys.log Usage: logkeys [OPTION]... Log depressed keyboard keys. and follows with a list of the keys which is too long to post. Got really confused with this thing... – cactus Sep 17 '14 at 20:41
  • OK i think this might be useful http://askubuntu.com/questions/14312/how-to-run-logkeys – Antuan Loopen Sep 18 '14 at 06:58
  • This path ''Goto-->System-->Preferences-->Startup Applications'' seems to be missing in ubuntu 14.04. Can I find it through system settings? – cactus Sep 18 '14 at 21:16
  • Ok lets take it slowly. First open your terminal and type sudo logkeys --kill which will stop log keys if it was started. Second type cd ~ to go to home directory. Third type touch keystrokes.txt to create an output file. Fourth type sudo logkeys --start --output keystrokes.txt to start logkeys. Now if it easier for you with GUI open your file manager and go to your home directory. There should be a file we created called keystrokes.txt, open that and see if your keystrokes are saved there. Tell me back if it has worked. – Antuan Loopen Sep 19 '14 at 07:32
  • Thanks Antuan! All worked perfectly, but now I have another problem :) How do I 'translate' all those keys saved in the keystroke file? – cactus Sep 20 '14 at 15:53
  • Iam glad i helped you, please can you mark my answer as the right solution so it could be helpful for others too. And second can you show me an example of your logkey output. – Antuan Loopen Sep 20 '14 at 18:26
  • Another think i want to say is that you should always run logkeys as superuser by typing sudo otherwise it wont work thats why it says "got r00t", this means that you should have superuser rights to run it. – Antuan Loopen Sep 20 '14 at 18:56
  • This is an example from keystrokes.txt file : 2014-09-21 05:23:13+0300 > d 2014-09-21 05:24:27+0300 > apiti 2014-09-21 05:24:45+0300 > xfij܂ 2014-09-21 05:25:14+0300 > furia܂ priv j܂bi܂ wr܂ – cactus Sep 23 '14 at 12:41
  • Should I change the keymap? I have a Dell Inspiron N5030 laptop. – cactus Sep 23 '14 at 13:01
  • it just shows you what you have typed alongside the date and the time when you have typed it,, for example 2014-09-21 05:24:27+0300 > apiti means that in 21 september 2014 at time 05:24 you have typed apiti. – Antuan Loopen Sep 23 '14 at 20:40
  • The thing is that I never typed these unintelligible words so I guess I have to change the keymap. Do you know how? – cactus Sep 24 '14 at 21:21
  • what desktop environment do you use? what is your default language? – Antuan Loopen Sep 26 '14 at 18:42
  • The desktop environment is the default Ubuntu 14.04 Trysty Tahr and the default language is Greek but I mostly type in English. – cactus Sep 30 '14 at 17:44
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Logkeys when installed already has executables in /bin directory that has setuid to root. So all you have to do is type llk to start the keylogger and llkk to kill it.

daltonfury42
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