[K12OSN] smbldap logs
Mark Gumprecht
gumprechtm at msad3.org
Tue Nov 8 15:22:09 UTC 2005
The configurability (real word?) of Linux never ceases to amaze me.
Thanks Brian
Mark
Brian Chivers wrote:
> Mark Gumprecht wrote:
>
>> Where is the log that smbldap uses for logging users time in and time
>> log off and from what machine?
>> I've tried who,w,finger, I've checked the regular log files,
>> messages,secure. I looked through the config files for the logfile
>> setting, I looked in the samba logs. I'm sure I missed it somewhere.
>> It is a k12ltsp4.2.1EL machine.
>> TIA
>> Mark
>>
> I don't think it does by default. I've added this to my smb.conf so I
> have this info
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> root preexec = csh -c 'echo "`date`: %u connected from %m (%I)" >>
> /var/log/samba/login.log'
> root postexec = csh -c 'echo "`date`: %u disconnected from %m
> (%I)" >> /var/log/samba/login.log'
>
> I've setup logrotate so the file doesn't get too big. A friend has
> also written a little php file that reads the file so you can easily
> see who's logged in. Only problem is that we have so much traffic that
> it would never finish so I've just setup a cron job that copies the
> login.log file every 5 minutes and pointed the php file at that.
>
> Brian Chivers
> Portsmouth College
>
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Mark Gumprecht
Data Systems Specialist
MSAD3
Unity, ME
gumprechtm at msad3.org
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