monitoring login

[James Knott]

Rajinder Yadav 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!
>
You should be able to trigger it with a login script, if command promt 
login, or Autostart folder for desktop users.  In KDE, it's 
~/.kde/Autostart.  You can use the mail command to send the email.
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