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Łukasz Wójcik Debian: email me every time someone logs in via SSH

Created by aaa aaa last modified
  • Install mailx:
$ sudo aptitude install mailutils
  • Add in /etc/pam.d/sshd:
session optional pam_exec.so seteuid /etc/ssh/login-notify.sh
  • Add the file:
$ sudo touch /etc/ssh/login-notify.sh
$ chmod +x /etc/ssh/login-notify.sh
  • Edit the content:
#!/bin/sh

# Change these two lines:
sender="ssh@server.com"
recepient="root@anotherserver.com"

if [ "$PAM_TYPE" != "close_session" ]; then
        host="`hostname`"
        subject="SSH Login: $PAM_USER from $PAM_RHOST on $host"
        message="`env`"
        echo "$message" | mailx -r "$sender" -s "$subject" "$recepient"
fi
  • Done

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