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Old 06-15-2004, 09:54 AM   #1
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Logging user in & out


Does anyone know a script that will monitor user login, and logout?
I've seen this before, and I've used it before... I just cannot remember what it was.

I'll go into a little detail here...

After a user logs in, it will print (via stdout) and show, while logging inside of a file (tail -f filename?). I'm assuming it'd be watching /dev/tty (correct?). If this doesn't make sense, just tell me.
 
Old 06-15-2004, 11:29 AM   #2
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How about the last command
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Last searches back through the file /var/log/wtmp (or the file desig-
nated by the -f flag) and displays a list of all users logged in (and
out) since that file was created. Names of users and tty's can be
given, in which case last will show only those entries matching the
arguments. Names of ttys can be abbreviated, thus last 0 is the same
as last tty0.
 
Old 06-15-2004, 11:55 AM   #3
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Ah, thank you.... I guess I could use this. Say, you think I could get this to print to stdout whenever a user logs in? Such as when they login, on my terminal window it shall show something such as:

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$date $time       $user     has logged in

$
 
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There's a PAM module that can log logins/outs. Can't remember what it's called tho. Getting that info to you screen is just tailing the logfile.
 
  


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