Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!haven!ncifcrf!nlm-mcs!adm!xadmx!rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov From: rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Autologout of unused terminals Message-ID: <17676@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 1 Dec 88 16:10:19 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 30 ? From: "Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E"? Doug Gwyn writes: ? > There are many ways to deal with careless terminal users other than ? > automatic idle-terminal killer software. ? Like what? How else can you deal with the problem of careless terminal ? users at the time they are being careless? Depends on how evil you want to be. Some terminals have a screensaver that blanks the screen after awhile. Any key press restores it. I used to blindly hit return, but now hit shift instead (or space on terminals that only unblank on a real key). Type `rm -rf ~' without the return. If he or someone else hits return, well he is not a happy camper. That is a bit severe, and could get you into trouble, so you might want to change the -rf to -ri, or add an unmatched quote to scare him a bit. Perhaps the best thing to do is put `kill -9 $$' or `exit' into his .cshrc or .profile and then log him out, or chmod all his files to mode 0 or change his shell, or as Doug says, use your imagination! ? ||||||/.\||| | | |||/.\|||||| ARPA: mchinni@ardec.arpa ? ||---+---+-| | | |-+---+---|| UUCP: ...!uunet!ardec.arpa!mchinni ? || ||||||| | | | | ||||||| || AT&T: 201-724-4140 Your signature is too long (most of it deleted). (Root Boy) Jim Cottrell (301) 975-5688 or Crackers and Worms -- Breakfast of Champions!