tim@appenzell.cs.wisc.edu (Tim Theisen) (04/09/90)
In article <9004042252.AA11736@expire.lcs.mit.edu> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) writes: >There is no standard way to do this through an X server. You could >look at the input devices directly, as someone has suggested. You >could also look at the "xidle" extension that's in the R4 contrib >software (it will probably take some work to integrate it into R4). I have reworked the xidle extension for the R4 server. It is available via anoymous ftp from expo.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/xidle.shar.Z. This extension returns the time since last input event from the X server. It is currently in use on Vaxen, DecStations, Sun 3's, Sun 4's, and IBM RT's. -- Tim Theisen Department of Computer Sciences tim@cs.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison uwvax!tim 1210 West Dayton Street (608)262-0438 Madison, WI 53706
meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) (04/10/90)
andrew@ambush.dk (Leif Andrew Rump) writes: |Is it possible to detect (user) inactivity (no keyboard, mouse or |other external events) on a unix workstation (more specific a Sun |Sparc1)? It's available in X now. |We need to know if the user has left the terminal for security reasons. | |We also like to install a screen blanker so if the user leave the |terminal for more than 10 minutes it replace the users "static" screen |with a _moving_ pattern that prevent screen burning! That's there now. Look at the man page for xset. But it's not a security feature, per se. From a console running X, you can invoke xlock. I would think that hacking either xset or the server would allow one to run xlock as the screen saver, but haven't looked at it. Nor have I heard of anything like that for an x terminal (NCD, XDS, etc.) -Miles O'Neal meo@SalesTech.com emory!stiatl!meo This posting involves no company proprietary information. My employer & I speak for ourselves, not each other. Trust me.
markb@giga.UUCP (Mark Baranowski) (04/11/90)
No, no, no, no. Every respondent to this request seems to be missing the boat. The original poster wanted much more than just a screen-blank program. He wanted a program that would automatically lock-up the console after an appropriate amount of inactivity and require a password from the user to re-enable the console. If anyone knows of such a critter I would sure like to get my hands on it. How many times have any of us wandered away from our terminals for a "quick" break and end up getting detoured? Sometimes my detours last for days after which when I return I discover that I forgot to log off. -- Joseph Hazelwood's driving didn't cause the Alaskan oil spill; yours did. Internet: markb@slc.unisys.com uucp: ...!giga!markb vi.baranowski@science.utah.edu
janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) (04/13/90)
In article <615@giga.UUCP> markb@giga.UUCP (Mark Baranowski) writes:
... The original poster wanted much more than just a
screen-blank program. He wanted a program that would automatically
lock-up the console after an appropriate amount of inactivity and
require a password from the user to re-enable the console. If anyone
knows of such a critter I would sure like to get my hands on it.
I have such a thing (based on xlock), and I'll put it on expo when I'm
sure it works.
Bill
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