Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 12:29:16 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best way to hook into user logins / logouts ? Message-ID: <199704280259.MAA14280@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970428121211.10264s-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> from Daniel O'Callaghan at "Apr 28, 97 12:13:56 pm"
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Daniel O'Callaghan stands accused of saying:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Michael Smith wrote:
>
> > > So right now the only viable way is to watch wtmp/utmp.
> >
> > That's not really necessary, presuming that the wtmp/utmp changes are
> > being made by things that are under "our" control. The PAM gear has
> > 'at logout' hooks as well.
>
> Something like the routing socket, which libutil/log{in,out}() can write
> to, and other processes listen for changes....?
That's kinda sexy, but I'm not sure it goes far enough. ie. it's fine
for passive monitoring, but no use for authentication stuff.
> Danny
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