Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!haven!ncifcrf!nlm-mcs!adm!xadmx!gwyn@BRL.MIL From: gwyn@BRL.MIL (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Autologout of unused terminals Message-ID: <17667@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 30 Nov 88 16:49:37 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 16 Use your imagination! For example: Announce to your users that there has been a problem with people leaving terminals unattended, and that you have set up a command "reward" that can be invoked ON THE OFFENDING TERMINAL by anyone who finds an unattended terminal logged in. The command would ask for the name of the snitch (and would automatically find the name of the offending user) and would mail the information to a system administrator. A small reward would be quietly given to the snitch and administrative action (perhaps a fine) would be taken against the offender. Then the TMOUT (or TIMEOUT) feature has already been mentioned; it provides a much better controlled way to terminate forgotten terminal connections, and has the important feature that IT CAN BE DISABLED by the user who knows that it would cause him problems.