Ignore certain hosts in last log

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I have an ansible job that uses ssh to perform tasks on many servers. It uses an authorized key to gain entry. When I run the last command it just shows a long list of root logins from the ansible host.



root@myserver:/# last
root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 7:00 - 7:00 (00:00)
root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 8:00 - 8:00 (00:00)
root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 9:00 - 9:00 (00:00)
root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 10:00 - 10:00 (00:00)
root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 11:00 - 11:00 (00:00)


I would like to suppress these entries from occurring because it fills up the screen and prevents me from investigating who has been logging in to the server.



Alternately, I would accept a way to set up my own logging of authentication for certain groups. For instance, if a user, who is in the admin group, logs in (ssh or terminal) it will make an entry in a log file /var/log/logins.log.







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    I have an ansible job that uses ssh to perform tasks on many servers. It uses an authorized key to gain entry. When I run the last command it just shows a long list of root logins from the ansible host.



    root@myserver:/# last
    root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 7:00 - 7:00 (00:00)
    root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 8:00 - 8:00 (00:00)
    root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 9:00 - 9:00 (00:00)
    root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 10:00 - 10:00 (00:00)
    root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 11:00 - 11:00 (00:00)


    I would like to suppress these entries from occurring because it fills up the screen and prevents me from investigating who has been logging in to the server.



    Alternately, I would accept a way to set up my own logging of authentication for certain groups. For instance, if a user, who is in the admin group, logs in (ssh or terminal) it will make an entry in a log file /var/log/logins.log.







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      I have an ansible job that uses ssh to perform tasks on many servers. It uses an authorized key to gain entry. When I run the last command it just shows a long list of root logins from the ansible host.



      root@myserver:/# last
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 7:00 - 7:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 8:00 - 8:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 9:00 - 9:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 10:00 - 10:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 11:00 - 11:00 (00:00)


      I would like to suppress these entries from occurring because it fills up the screen and prevents me from investigating who has been logging in to the server.



      Alternately, I would accept a way to set up my own logging of authentication for certain groups. For instance, if a user, who is in the admin group, logs in (ssh or terminal) it will make an entry in a log file /var/log/logins.log.







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      I have an ansible job that uses ssh to perform tasks on many servers. It uses an authorized key to gain entry. When I run the last command it just shows a long list of root logins from the ansible host.



      root@myserver:/# last
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 7:00 - 7:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 8:00 - 8:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 9:00 - 9:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 10:00 - 10:00 (00:00)
      root pts/1 ansiblehost.mydomain Tue Jan 2 11:00 - 11:00 (00:00)


      I would like to suppress these entries from occurring because it fills up the screen and prevents me from investigating who has been logging in to the server.



      Alternately, I would accept a way to set up my own logging of authentication for certain groups. For instance, if a user, who is in the admin group, logs in (ssh or terminal) it will make an entry in a log file /var/log/logins.log.









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