kchiu@carina.unm.edu (08/09/90)
Hello, I have a question, How do you set your IDLE time on the UNIX so the computer won't log off if you are idle for too long? I don't usally read this group, so please send all your replies to: kchiu@carina@unm.edu Thanks.
dkpsy121@nmt.edu (Master Bater) (04/17/91)
I need some help in trying to get the idle time of a user on a tty in C, kinda like the way finger does... UTMP does not seem to hold the information I am looking for. Any help would be appreciated... -Dino Khoe dkcs122@minos.nmt.edu
jpm@logixwi.uucp (Jan-Piet Mens) (04/17/91)
dkpsy121@nmt.edu (Master Bater) writes: >I need some help in trying to get the idle time of a user on a tty in C, kinda >like the way finger does... >UTMP does not seem to hold the information I am looking for. Try having a look at the modification times of the user's /dev/tty* file. Regards, -JP -- Jan-Piet Mens, Logix GmbH jpm@logixwi.UUCP Moritzstr. 50, D-6200 Wiesbaden ...!uunet!mcsun!unido!logixwi!jpm
clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (04/19/91)
In article <1991Apr17.024209.1056@nmt.edu> dkpsy121@nmt.edu (Master Bater) writes: >I need some help in trying to get the idle time of a user on a tty in C, kinda >like the way finger does... Look at the access or modify time on the serial port that the user is logged into. One of these will be the last time that a key was hit. Approximately. On most systems. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Internet: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: uunet!mitel!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: ferret-request@eci386; Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386 or Canada 416-832-0541. Psroff 3.0 in c.s.u soon!
guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (04/20/91)
> Try having a look at the modification times of the user's > /dev/tty* file. Try having a look at the *access* time instead; that's the way all the programs *I* know of that find "idle time" do it (the theory is that they want the *user's* idle time, i.e. the time since they last asked the system to do something, and the access time on the tty device gets updated whenever a "read()" completes on that device, i.e. when something to read becomes available because the user typed it).