monitoring login

[ted leslie]

In the passwd file (or equiv, shadow,etc), you can set the login shell
to a script you write that can run first, then run bash (sh, etc).
for attempts , you can just consult standard logging. /var/log/auth.log.
for immediate email notification of a fail login attempt? maybe  watch
log in real time?
actually you can deal with all cases by watching auth.log  log in realtime.

tl

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> how can i send out a email whenever someone logs into a linux box or even
> attempts to? what are some of the methods and practices you guys use?
> thanks!
>
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