[ale] Script at Login Question

Jonathan Glass jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu
Tue Mar 23 14:17:10 EST 2004


The issue then is filenames.  i guess you'd have to create a filename
with some randomness, or a date-time element to it.  Otherwise, the logs
would keep overwriting one another, right?

Jonathan

On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 14:04, Yu, Jerry wrote:
> hate to clarify myself after 1 second. By 'script call' I meant the 'script'
> command which logs a shell session.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yu, Jerry [mailto:Jerry.Yu at voicecom.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:02 PM
> To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
> Subject: RE: [ale] Script at Login Question
> 
> 
> would a script call from .bash_profile or .bashrc work? Of course, make sure
> they can't be modified by the user and no other shells is available and no
> way to invoke a shell without sourcing your .bash_profile/.bashrc.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Glass [mailto:jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:59 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Script at Login Question
> 
> 
> I'm just thinking out loud again.  Anyone configured script to run
> whenever someone logs in?  I'm thinking it would be very beneficial to
> log user sessions on a few choice machines.  Is there a better way to do
> this?  Again, just thinking out loud.  I haven't hit Google yet, so
> pardon my ignorance.
> 
> Thanks!
-- 
Jonathan Glass
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Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology
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