Here are a few ways to receive e-mail notifications about someone connecting to the server via SSH.
FIRST METHOD:
With a text editor, for example nano, open the file /etc/ssh/sshrc (in the nano editor CTRL+X to exit, y/n and Enter to save or discard changes):
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshrc
And add the following code to it:
ip=`echo $SSH_CONNECTION | cut -d " " -f 1` logger -t ssh-wrapper $USER login from $ip (echo "Subject:login($ip) on server"; echo "User $USER just logged in from $ip";) | sendmail -f server@example.com -t your-email@example.com &
You do not need to restart SSH, the notifications should already come in when connecting.
SECOND METHOD:
Add the specified lines to the config /etc/rsyslog.conf (before each line commented the essence, this code will send messages about failed connections):
# Connect the messaging module $ModLoad ommail # Specify the address of the mail server $ActionMailSMTPServer mail.domain.com # Specify the email from which messages will be sent $ActionMailFrom rsyslog@domain.com # Specify the email to which messages will be sent $ActionMailTo test@domain.com # Specify the subject of the message $template mailSubject,"SSH Invalid User %hostname%" # Specify the content of the message $template mailBody,"RSYSLOG\r\nmsg='%msg%'" $ActionMailSubject mailSubject # Specify in seconds how often messages can be sent $ActionExecOnlyOnceEveryInterval 10 # If the log contains the characters in parentheses, then we send a message if $msg contains 'Invalid user' then :ommail:;mailBody
The same way of sending via rsyslog, but notifications of successful connections are sent (code without comments as above):
$ActionMailSMTPServer mail.domain.com $ActionMailFrom rsyslog@domain.com $ActionMailTo test@domain.com $template mailSubject,"SSH Accepted pass %hostname%" $template mailBody,"RSYSLOG\r\nmsg='%msg%'" $ActionMailSubject mailSubject $ActionExecOnlyOnceEveryInterval 10 if $msg contains 'Accepted password' then :ommail:;mailBody
As a result, if the connection to the SSH server is successful or not successful, messages will be sent to the e-mail. In a similar way, you can announce to email and other events that are logged via rsyslog.