Hi, Kerry! Thanks for ideas. Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Time restrictions on users' accounts > There are a multitude of ways of doing this. > Firstly what sort of users and how many? > There is a file in /etc/porttime or similar that sets login restrictions as > far as login is concerned. > If you want session limits you want something like timeoutd or idled to > inforce them. If you want multiple login protection you can get programs to > do it or write a script that looks in the who output for duplicates and kills > them off. > > If you want databases of users, time limits, multiple login restrictions, > bandwidth statistics, etc etc etc look into installing a RADIUS > (Remote authentication dial-in user service) daemon, > and portslave or similar to talk to it. > Many isps use little Linux boxes to do this and backend the whole shabang into > an mysql database of mamoth proportions. > > Regards, Kerry. > On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 12:47:04PM -0700, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > Hello, listers! > > I know this is off topic, but knowing how many experienced Linux users are > > there on this list, I decided to take a risk! > > Where would I look to find the inroamtion on how to put time restrictions on > > users' accounts. For instance, say, I would like to log users out if they > > stay online for more than two hours. Or, say, I would like to deny users > > from loging in more than one time. > > I'd be grateful for any suggestions. > > Best, > > Vic > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > -- > Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.eu.org > Alternates: kerry at emusys.com.au kerry at gotss.spice.net.au or khoath at lis.net.au > ICQ UIN: 8226547 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
