exec /usr/bin/script and mailx

[oliver]

we have a requirement to log all our contrators terminal sessions (in solaris) remotely

I can add this to their .profile:

exec /usr/bin/script /path/to/logfile

and then send the logfile but is it possible to do it in one command? Something like

/usr/bin/script /tmp/outfile | mailx -s "whatever" whoever@wherever.com


Obviously I've tried that example and it didn't work... do I need some fancy redirection or a combination with tee or something?

Any ideas?

 

[mrgstiffler]

Create a shell script that SCPs the contents of your logging directory to a remote server. Then add it to your crontab to run every 5 minutes or whatever you want.

 

[Bones]

script /tmp/outputfile && mailx -s "whatever" whomever@somewhere.com < /tmp/outputfile

Don't actually use that, it doesn't cover the case where script bails out for some reason. Should give you some ideas, though.

 

[oliver]

Bones - thanks.... I'm going to play with that and see how effective it is

Maximus825 - I actually changed the requirements a little and am doing something a little similar to what you suggested...

basically, each user gets a .profile with the following

ENV=$HOME/.kshrc
export ENV

dotlogout() {
if [ -s "~/.logout" ]; then
       .  ~/.logout
fi
}

trap dotlogout 0

SCRIPTOUT=/tmp/.$$
/usr/bin/script ${SCRIPTOUT}

exit

the .logout looks like this

USERNAME=`/usr/local/bin/whoami`
if [ ${USERNAME} = "" ]; then
        USERNAME=unknown
fi
/usr/bin/logger -i -f ${SCRIPTOUT} -p local3.info -t ${USERNAME} > /dev/null 2>&1
rm -f ${SCRIPTOUT}

So rather than emailing it, I write it with a local3.info priority to syslog which forwards it on to the remote loghost. Seems to work.

Can't get around the ability of the end-user to remove their own .profile but it will catch the stuff we're trying to get I think.

Thanks for the responses