james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) (08/25/90)
Golly, wally...did I start all this? Yea, Beav, and is Dad goin to be sore! Sigh!...what started all of this was a request by my employer for a program that would effectively slap a user on the knuckles for walking off and leaving a terminal logged in. Of course, one thing lead to another and we found a couple of folks who thought it was cute to find ways around the simple shell scripts...thus idle_demon. There are certainly valid reasons for not using this EVERY WHERE, and I hope my posting of this source didn't suggest that it SHOULD BE. I was simply trying to offer my version and IF you have a use for it or if you find a mistake in coding or an improvement, then maybe I get a chance to learn a bit more (the self taught sometimes need all the help they can get!). Personally, I've gone to sleep at the keyboard (the corner of the monitor sure hurts when you hit it with your forehead) and other asundary incedents and lost my dime because I left a shell running that I couldn't get rid. So, I don't think idle programs are totally useless. BUT PLEASE for the sake of all of us, use them wisely! That was the very reason for the "immune" user aspect and hopefully later the "extended" users. I DO recognize that even when the program may have use there are exceptions. I do try to be civil :--) -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ |Disclaimer: | James Cummings | | You can't blame me! | UUCP: | | I'm ignorant! | ..swblat!{texbell!texnet.. | |+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+| swgate!dlss1..}!dlss2!james | |Send flames to: | NET: | | sowc@devnull.com | jc@smunews | | | | =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+