[ale] Monitor Logins

[james.sumners at gmail.com (James Sumners)]

Why not read /var/log/auth.log?

On 9/7/07, Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> What is the best way to monitor users logging into a system?  One idea I
> had is to edit /etc/profile and add a command that gets executed that
> sends a message each time someone logs in.  What about logout?


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