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Script to check basic ssh access patterns
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # SSH Login Checker - Works on any Linux | |
| # Usage: ./ssh-check.sh <ip> [user] [password] | |
| IP="$1"; USER="${2:-root}"; PASS="$3" | |
| [ -z "$IP" ] && echo "Usage: $0 <ip> [user] [password]" && exit 1 | |
| if [ -n "$PASS" ]; then | |
| RUN="sshpass -p '$PASS' ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $USER@$IP" | |
| else | |
| RUN="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o BatchMode=yes $USER@$IP" | |
| fi | |
| # Detect log file | |
| LOG=$(eval "$RUN 'test -f /var/log/secure && echo /var/log/secure || echo /var/log/auth.log'" 2>/dev/null) | |
| echo "=== SSH Check: $IP ===" | |
| echo "--- SUMMARY ---" | |
| # Get stats | |
| eval "$RUN \"grep -c 'Failed password' $LOG 2>/dev/null || echo 0\"" | xargs printf "Failed: %s | " | |
| eval "$RUN \"grep -c 'Accepted' $LOG 2>/dev/null || echo 0\"" | xargs printf "Success: %s | " | |
| eval "$RUN \"grep 'Failed password' $LOG 2>/dev/null | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if(\\\$i ~ /^[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+/) print \\\$i}' | sort -u | wc -l\"" | xargs printf "IPs: %s | " | |
| eval "$RUN \"grep 'Failed password' $LOG 2>/dev/null | grep '\$(date +%H):' | wc -l\"" | xargs printf "Last hour: %s\n" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "--- TOP ATTACKERS ---" | |
| eval "$RUN \"grep 'Failed password' $LOG 2>/dev/null | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if(\\\$i ~ /^[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+/) print \\\$i}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -5\"" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "--- TOP USERNAMES ---" | |
| eval "$RUN \"grep 'Failed password' $LOG 2>/dev/null | grep -o 'for .* from' | awk '{if(\\\$2==\\\"invalid\\\") print \\\$4; else print \\\$2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -5\"" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "--- SUCCESSFUL LOGINS ---" | |
| eval "$RUN \"grep 'Accepted' $LOG 2>/dev/null | tail -5 || echo None\"" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "--- LIVE CONNECTIONS ---" | |
| eval "$RUN \"(ss -tn 2>/dev/null || netstat -tn 2>/dev/null) | grep ':22 ' | grep -i estab || echo None\"" |
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