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Login/out logs?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Where is a log of login/outs kept? I've tried nearly all the log files I can find and nothing has it. I'm trying to report the login/outs and times for a lab of computers to one central server. Any recommendations for that would be welcome too. Thanks.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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I don't think there is a log of GUI logins.
You could pretty easily add one though.
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Mac Pro 2x 2.66 GHz Dual core, Apple TV 160GB, two Windows XP PCs
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Occasionally Useful
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by Arkham_c:
You could pretty easily add one though.
care to share?
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"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Originally posted by philzilla:
care to share?
The login is easy. Add a login item to /Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist that logs the login of a user.
The logout could be handled by the same app, when it is asked to quit.
I could whip up a Realbasic app to do that in about 2 minutes.
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Mac Pro 2x 2.66 GHz Dual core, Apple TV 160GB, two Windows XP PCs
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Fire up terminal.
Run last
Be happy.
- proton
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Dec 2002
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To isolate GUI logins within the last month:
last | grep console
(Previous month's logs are gzipped in /var/log when the monthly script runs).
Or, as Arkham_c suggested, you can add a loginhook to log the user logins. In fact, that is the very example Mike Bombich uses with his LoginWindow Manager application:
http://www.bombich.com/software/lwm.html
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Where does last get it's information? I'm more interested in remotely reporting logins than anything. I know that I could run a logout script to report it, but I'd rather have something automated, like syslogd can do. I'd also like to report certain system events, like sudo attempts.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Originally posted by Thinine:
Where does last get it's information? I'm more interested in remotely reporting logins than anything. I know that I could run a logout script to report it, but I'd rather have something automated, like syslogd can do. I'd also like to report certain system events, like sudo attempts.
last uses /var/log/wtmp
I didn't realize that it would log the GUI logins, but that could suit your needs.
Just know that the wtmp file is not a regular text file. The entries are encoded as fixed-size byte entries, so some translation would be required if you choose not to use "last" (which does this for you).
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