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On servers that are managed by only a few administrators it is often useful to know if someone has logged in.
On more larger system it is more manageable to only send notification when sudo access is attempted.
This script can be improved,
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First ensure your system is setup to send emails.
Here is the start of the contents of the login notification script,
Until the script is done simply add the email line to the end of the the global startup scripts /etc/profile,
... more stuff up here ... umask 022 echo "User $LOGNAME logged into $HOSTNAME on $(date)" | mail -aFrom:sentry@bonsaiframework.com -s "Sentry Alert Login $LOGNAME@$HOSTNAME" bhitch@imagecomics.com |
Now every login will result in an alert.
On small systems, you will want to be emailed sudo events.
Actually send an email on failed login...
Email alert upon the first sudo command...
Verify that files are not modified without your knowledge...
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