Re: Starting "Script" when user logs on.

[GH Snijders <gsnijders@home.nl>]

urgrue <urgrue <at> tumsan.fi> writes:

> 
> I don't think script will help you, as even if you get it working, your  
> users can just Ctrl-D out of it. Unless you trust your users.
> Once upon a time I used ttysnoop:
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/ttysnoop/
> 
> On 08/03/2005 01:38:10 PM, Md Shanto wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am trying to force "script" for logging all text I/O activities at
> > the moment user logs in. Most of the users are running bash at this
> > moment.
> > 
> > Initially I tired with "ttyrec" a tty recorder and failed, as it says
> > "Out of pty's - Terminated". Now, I tried something like below:

[...]

> > and assigning this script in /etc/passws. This script will log
> > scripts
> > with time stamp in /var/log/commlog/.
> > 
> > what happen is: when user logs in the process becomes a loop and I
> > see lot of script instances are running.

I think (not sure) that script also tries to start the default shell for the
user and calling the script in the process...

Perhaps you could try a line like:
/path/to/script ; exit
at the end of your /etc/profile?


Not sure if it'll work, though.


HTH, HAND

mvg,
   Guus