Watching my Users

When I'm away on the weekend, I like to know what's been happening on my network. I used the Net::SMTP to have my Wintel machines email me as soon as the user Logs on. What I've done is not original and as soon as I finished this snippet, I've thought of other uses for this little trick. Big thanks to St. Larry and Company.

#! perl -w
# fn_with_me.pl
# A quick and dirty way to tell if someone is messing with My Computer
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use Net::SMTP;
use Sys::Hostname;
$host = hostname;
$smtp = Net::SMTP -> new('your.mailhost.net'); #Connect to a mail serv
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$smtp -> mail( 'anysender@theirmailhost.net'); #Sender's name
$smtp -> to('myemail@mymailhost.net'); #Receivers name
$smtp -> data();

# Send the header
$smtp -> datasend("To:  myemail\@mymailhost.net\n");
$smtp -> datasend("From:  theiremail\@mymailhost.net\n");
$smtp -> datasend("\n");

# Send the Body
$smtp -> datasend("Somebody's using ".$host);
$smtp -> dataend();
$smtp -> quit;
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RE: Watching my Users by httptech (Chaplain) on Jun 18, 2000 at 15:47 UTC
It might also be useful to know who is using the machine: #! perl -w # fn_with_me.pl # A quick and dirty way to tell if someone is messing with My Computer +s use Net::SMTP; use Sys::Hostname; use Win32; $host = hostname; $user = Win32::LoginName(); $smtp = Net::SMTP -> new('your.mailhost.net'); #Connect to a mail serv +er $smtp -> mail( 'anysender@theirmailhost.net'); #Sender's name $smtp -> to('myemail@mymailhost.net'); #Receivers name $smtp -> data(); # Send the header $smtp -> datasend("To: myemail\@mymailhost.net\n"); $smtp -> datasend("From: theiremail\@mymailhost.net\n"); $smtp -> datasend("\n"); # Send the Body $smtp -> datasend("$user is using $host"); $smtp -> dataend(); $smtp -> quit; [download]	[reply] [d/l]
RE: RE: Watching my Users by Poetic Justice (Monk) on Jun 20, 2000 at 03:46 UTC
Thanks for the comment. I've inherited this system from a previous sysadmin and his policy was very loose. Once I implement my new security measures, I'll be able to extract the user name from their login. When I fix the code, I'll repost.	[reply]