I do that same thing, but I have scripted it in .login ... echo "" /usr/bin/netstat -f inet | /usr/bin/grep --color -C 100 "MYHOSTNAME.ssh" echo "" ech

I do that same thing, but I have scripted it in .login ... echo "" /usr/bin/netstat -f inet | /usr/bin/grep --color -C 100 "MYHOSTNAME.ssh" echo "" echo "" w echo "" (note, the netstat command arguments are for FreeBSD ...) So, when I log in, I see all current network connections, and any current SSH connections are highlighted in red. Then double carriage return and then the output of 'w'.