Time restrictions on users' accounts

[Victor Tsaran]

Raul, this is a valuabel response. Thanks for it.
Vic

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: Time restrictions on users' accounts


> I know I'm extremely late in answering this however in most systems you
can define a file /etc/limits that is readable by root only and use the
format:
>
> username limits
>
> where limits is a limit code followed with no space by the number of that
limit.  For example to allow only 1 login session for rgallegos the line
would read
>
> rgallegos L1
>
> I got this information off the shadow README.limits file is /usr/doc.  I'm
running slackware so this might differ in other distros.
>
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 12:47:04 -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
> >
> >
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