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Old 04-14-2009, 04:56 PM   #1
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live status of attempted login failures


Hi
How would I do

lastb | tail -f

e.g. to track hack attacks as they are happening?

Thanks
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Old 04-14-2009, 05:01 PM   #2
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tail -f /var/log/auth.log

you could install logcheck, it will sent an email every hour with changes in several logfiles.
 
  


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