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Old 01-20-2006, 04:31 PM   #1
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monitor user activity


Hi,

I am wondering if there is any easy to use tool, that can monitor user activity constantly. Something similar to gkrelm but for user activity. I would like to know who is logged in, how are they logged in(sftp,ssh, terminal), their traffic and activities. Is there anything like this available out there?

Thank you for your help.
 
Old 01-20-2006, 05:19 PM   #2
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The who and w commands provide information about user activities.
 
Old 01-20-2006, 08:16 PM   #3
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true that, but do you think they show sftp activity and bandwith?
I guess I also need something that just sits on desktop or in console and shows in real time the info kind of like top.

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Old 01-20-2006, 09:33 PM   #4
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It should work for SFTP, since that's a subset of SSH.

You could use a BASH script to make it into a display of sorts :

Quote:
#!/bin/bash
#Simple script to display a monitor of user activity
#Ctrl-C Aborts

X=0
while [ $X -le 20 ]
do
w
sleep 5
clear
done
As for bandwidth, do you mean network traffic?
 
Old 01-20-2006, 09:58 PM   #5
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hmm, very interesting, it works for ssh, but not for sftp. Yes, I mean network traffic, not bandwith. Do you have any other suggestions? Thank you for helping me out with this. I have a file server, and I would like to be able to tell when I have users logged on, and who's downloading the most. Thanks once again

Could you also explain this line:
while [ $X -le 20 ]
The part i don't understand is $X

I also forgot to let you know that I just tested it by connecting myself with sftp

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Old 01-20-2006, 10:02 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by alagenchev
Hi,

I am wondering if there is any easy to use tool, that can monitor user activity constantly. Something similar to gkrelm but for user activity. I would like to know who is logged in, how are they logged in(sftp,ssh, terminal), their traffic and activities. Is there anything like this available out there?

Thank you for your help.
Don't know of any *one* utility that can do that offhand...

Though for detailed accounting of user activities you might want to try the psacct package.
 
  


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