monitoring login

[Fernando Duran]

Hi,

I do this actually in my servers, by adding this line to /etc/profile:

 echo "`whoami` logged in at `date` from `echo $SSH_CLIENT`" | mail -s 
"`hostname` login" me-hcDgGtZH8xNBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
 

Cheers,
Fernando Duran
http://www.fduran.com



----- Original Message ----
> From: Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Sent: Sun, October 10, 2010 12:47:23 AM
> Subject: [TLUG]: monitoring login
> 
> 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!
> 
> -- Kind Regards,
> Rajinder Yadav
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