Setup root login email alerts in Linux servers

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In order to receive alerts to your email accounts please follow the steps given below.

Step 1: Login to the server as root

Step 2: Open the file .bash_profile file and append the command given below script below

echo ‘ALERT – Root Shell Access (root@IP ADDRESS) on:’ `date` `who` | mail -s “Alert: Root Access from `who | cut -d”(” -f2 | cut -d”)” -f1`” xyz@gmail.com

Step 3: Save and exit

Step 4: Login to the server again and check the mail account. Please check your spam mails also.

Please change the email address xyz@gmail.com with your mail address to where you wants to receive alerts.

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