Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site laidbak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!laidbak!jeq From: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: Re: Automatic Logout Process Message-ID: <182@laidbak.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 23:23:40 EDT Article-I.D.: laidbak.182 Posted: Fri Aug 23 23:23:40 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:15:15 EDT References: <6@andromeda.UUCP> <264@sesame.UUCP> <958@rayssd.UUCP> <165@laidbak.UUCP> <635@wdl1.UUCP> Reply-To: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) Organization: LAI Chicago Lines: 18 Summary: > The site that I work for functions as a service center, thus >our users ask for a selectable, adjustable idle timer. Once again, the original request was for enforced logouts, not a user selectable timeout. >This was >installed with a total investment of LESS than 10 lines of code, as most >of the calls already exist. I realize that daemons seem to be the way >that MOST things are handled in UN*X, but why complicate a rather easy >task. (provided that you have source). ^ ^ ^ I rest my case. A shell script (or c program, if you prefer) monitoring user activity can be installed on ANY system. Also, strictly speaking, a program that cron wakes up every hour or so is NOT a daemon. But who's counting.