Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!loral!jlh From: jlh@loral.UUCP (Physically Pffft) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Autologout of unused terminals Message-ID: <1874@loral.UUCP> Date: 1 Dec 88 18:57:35 GMT References: <201.nlunix6@orcenl.uucp> <8978@smoke.BRL.MIL> <2682@sultra.UUCP> <9012@smoke.BRL.MIL> <3603@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <28766@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: jlh@loral.UUCP (Physically Pffft) Organization: At the Remote Controls Lines: 21 In article <3603@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: >Not only that, but idle-killers are so easy to spoof, unless you disable >people from executing utime() or ioctl(). >Larry Wall >lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov Hmmm, mine just sleeps X minutes, then asks the terminal what type it is. Go back to sleep, ad nauseum. Has the advantage that the responce comes from the terminal itself, then through the data lines, muxes, data switches, and god knows what else, instead of the cpu just talking to itself. I wrote this when our logout was 20 minutes, about the time it takes to take a leak, get some coffee, and talk to the new blond in accounting. Jim "I deleted that sucker. Honest!" -- Jim Harkins jlh@loral.cts.com Loral Instrumentation, San Diego