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We are a small company where employees are informed in advance that
their activity at work is being monitored.
Would like to know of programs under the Linux platform that can be
used for monitoring. Something like Silent Watch or Spectorsoft ( for
Windows )
Also would like to be guided in installing it.
Would that program be accessible from my Xp machine?
Howdy aarogya!
This is not a definitive answer, but if you are on a LAN, you could
check out Activity Monitor 2002. You can download for a free trial
from SoftActivity at:
http://www.softactivity.com/
Activity Monitor 2002
"Monitor all computers in LAN remotely from a single administrator's
PC. ... This computer spy software is for real time monitoring and
continuous tracking of users' activities on network connected
computers.
View remotely in real time screens of the remote computers, typed
keystrokes, visited Internet sites history, used applications, record
all activity to the log file and do much more with this powerfull
application."
Searched Google with the keywords: "activity monitor"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22activity+monitor%22
Looking Forward, denco
No, like I was trying to say in my answer, there really exist no
keystroke monitoring tools for the Linux platform, and any tool that
did exist would be almost trivial for a determined user to break.
There are hardware keylogging devices, however, such as the KeyGhost
http://www.keyghost.com. You may want to look into one of those.
Reports on internet activity are more than possible; as are reports on
disk usage, time spent in a particular activity (search for
information on `process accounting`), and various other things, all
with a moderate amount of work.
The answer I think you're looking for is: No, there is no
plug-and-play "monitor everything my users do" solution for Linux.
There are ways to track what your users are doing, but it's going to
require a fair amount of implementation on your part. :)
Setting up a Squid system under Linux isn't *easy*, but it's more than
doable if you are patient and can follow the instructions. There are
also paid and free support mechanisms (IRC, forums, etc) - the squid
website is a good jumping-off point for these.
I hope this additional information helped answer your question.
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I really regret overlooking the rating of your answers.
Can I get reports and keystroke logs like I can with WIndows based
utilities with what you suggetsed?
How easy or difficult is it for a person who has no background of
Linux but has the confidence to learn whatever is needed to implement
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Like I mentioned in my question, I am looking for something on the
Linux OS. The link u provided is a Windows specific software.
Pl. help with something on the Linux platform.
There really is no such equivalent software to this for the Linux
platform, it wasn't intended to do this (this being have a supervisory
program that can monitor all comings and goings on the system.)
Perhaps you're looking for something to monitor and analyze where they
go and what they do on the Internet?
That can easily be handled by setting up a proxy server (a la Squid
[http://www.squid-cache.org/]) and forcing all Internet traffic to go
through it. There are then third party log analysis tools
(http://www.mela.de/Unix/log.html or perhaps
http://www.squid-cache.org/Scripts/) for Squid that will help you
analyze the traffic you seek. Most of these utilities generate web
pages that you can easily view from whatever platform you want.
Setting up and debugging a sitewide Squid installation is out of the
scope of your question, however.
I hope this leads you to the right path for the monitoring you'd like
to do for your employees. If you are looking to monitor something
else, please file a clarification for this question so I can help you
find a solution that works for you.
Thanks for the question!
/gleffler-ga
Search strategy:
Squid proxy
Squid logfile analysis
Squid setup FAQ (This is a good one for you to go to for further
information)
Setting up a plug-and-play monitoring solution on Linux is really out
of the scope of this question, as it would require an *extensive*
amount of work (by a third party) to determine your requirements,
suggest software, and give you instructions to install it. You should
look into the squid HTTP proxy package and it's logfile analysis
tools, and you should also look for information on process accounting
to determine what applications users are using. Otherwise, I would
suggest that you file another question so that someone who is
intimately familiar with Linux monitoring software can give you
detailed installation instructions.
I need something for the Linux OS.
Sorry I was away due to ill health.
Could you point me in the direction needed to achieve the plug and
play functionality which is available on Windows based employee
monitoring systems.
I will make the effort and learn
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Thanx!
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