login tracking

[Ajay Dudani <ajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Is there any way by means of which i could keep a track of when and from
which IP does a user log into the linux server....i need to get the user
login and logout information in real time.

i am thinking of having a program running on the server that will
monitor all logins and logouts and put it into a database (putting in
database is the prime purpose)....then other programs can get this info
from databse....

The thing is where and how should i implement this monitor.

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