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Old 05-22-2012, 02:02 AM   #1
Manivasagam
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Smile SU failed attempts capturing


Hi folks,
Is there any way to have an email notification for each SU attempts & failed attempts in linux ?

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Mani.
 
Old 05-22-2012, 07:47 AM   #2
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/var/log/secure captures the failures.

You could setup logwatch to look for the failures and send emails to you.
 
  


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