login/logoff over sshd and xwindows on AIX5.x and 6x

The logoff info is in accounting not auditing. These log yre usually generated daily.

Try edit your /etc/security/audit/config like

start:
        binmode = on
        streammode = off

bin:
        trail = /audit/trail
        bin1 = /audit/bin1
        bin2 = /audit/bin2
        binsize = 10240
        cmds = /etc/security/audit/bincmds
        freespace = 65536

stream:
        cmds = /etc/security/audit/streamcmds

classes:
        loginout = USER_Login,TERM_Logout,USER_Exit,USER_Logout,PROC_Execute

users:
        default = loginout


Then issue audit shutdown and audit start for apply changes.

Hope this help

Hi, this is my config file:

classes:
        general = USER_SU,PASSWORD_Change,USER_Login,USER_Exit,USER_Logout,USER_Create,USER_Remove,GROUP_Create,GROUP_Remove,USER_Change,USER_SetEnv,GROUP_User,GROUP_Adms,GROUP_Change,GROUP_Create,GROUP_Remove,DEV_Configure,DEV_Change,INSTALLP_Inst,INSTALLP_Exec,USER_Shell,USER_Reboot,TERM_Logout

But I only have logins/logout log on telnetd, in sshd and xwindows I only get logins but no logoff. I need to trace logoff sshd and xwindows using any way.

Hi again,

for remote sshd sessions you should see the audit event TCP_kclose (if configured) at end-of session.

Not sure if this works for X sessions as well.
Will check.

wmp

I think it will work with X sessions, cause X operates over TCP, but you will get so much events when set TCP_kclose. Maybe that's the problem too.

Hi wmp, glad to hear from you again :-)

Talking about X sessions, do you know what do I have to configure on CDE to get dtlogins logs on syslog.conf?

I don't know why logoff is an event as on linux as below:

login:
Aug 13 15:35:19 linux sshd[4739]: Accepted password for root from 192.168.12.36 port 2154 ssh2
Aug 13 15:35:19 linux sshd[4739]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)

logoff:
Aug 13 15:35:23 linux sshd[4739]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user root

regarding X windows, I think (I haven't found yet) a way to log to syslog success/failed dtlogin or other event which tell me when a user login/logoff using this application.

Can you show two line from /etc/ssh/sshd_config from you AIX box and your linux box:

SyslogFacility .....
LogLevel .....

They are commented now, but I tried with SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV and it shows a log when sshd  connection is close, I think it should be similar to TCP_kclose.

Yes, but it's specific for sshd. If you want a little more info for this sshd session, set LogLevel to VERBOSE.

So, only X Windows to go.

Did you use dtlogin with pam or traditional unix login and auditing. If not use pam, you can use pam with debug to see you can archive what you want or not.

Edit /etc/pam.conf:

dtlogin        auth               required       /usr/lib/security/pam_aix debug
  dtlogin        account            required       /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
  dtlogin        password           required       /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
  dtlogin        session            required       /usr/lib/security/pam_aix debug

Sorry the delay thetmanvn,

How can I know if dtlogin is using pam or not? I add these lines you told me to pam.conf but syslog doesn't show any trace of dtlogin.

Hi sminfo,

Check and modify the value of the auth_type attribute in the usw stanza of the /etc/security/login.cfg file to PAM_AUTH.

OK, I'll try.. do you know which method is best? PAM or STD?

thanks

Well, I have not been able to trace logoff and logouts on syslogd when using sshd or xwindows. Any other idea about this?

Thanks.