Learn Enable SSH Login Notification on Linux

June 7, 2019

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Is your Linux server accessed by multiple users? If so, consider adding an SSH login notification whenever someone logs in.

https://www.itweb.services/tutorials/linux-guides/setup-exim-to-send-email-using-gmail-in-debian”>Exim with Gmail if your IT Web Services account is not verified to send mail.

Replace YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS with the email address that you want to receive login notifications.

CentOS

Open the file ~/.bash_profile in a text editor.

Append the following lines:

IP="$(echo $SSH_CONNECTION | cut -d " " -f 1)"
HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
NOW=$(date +"%e %b %Y, %a %r")
echo 'Someone from '$IP' logged into '$HOSTNAME' on '$NOW'.' | mail -s 'SSH Login Notification' YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS

Ubuntu/Debian

Open the file ~/.bashrc in a text editor.

Append the following lines:

IP="$(echo $SSH_CONNECTION | cut -d " " -f 1)"
HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
NOW=$(date +"%e %b %Y, %a %r")
echo 'Someone from '$IP' logged into '$HOSTNAME' on '$NOW'.' | mail -s 'SSH Login Notification' YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS

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