[NTLUG:Discuss] Task Logging in Linux?

[Kenneth Loafman]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Way back in my Convex days we had a way to log every task run, by whom
> and when.  I've since forgotten how that was done and don't even know if
> its possible to do in Linux.  Is it?  If so, how?
> 
> I ask because I've got an annoying small 'something' popping up on the
> screen periodically and going away in a flash.  It's just barely there,
> but annoying since I don't know what it is, and want to find out.
> 
> chkrootkit and rkhunter run clean, and there are no telltale oddities of
> rootkits, so that looks to be not a problem.

Any ideas on how to do this?

...Ken