At 12:03 PM -0400 9/18/10, chris h wrote:
But Tedd, I'm still thinking that a "dead man's switch" is the way to go.
:)
Chris et al:
I think the method I'll recommend to the client is to have the entire
office tied to his computer. When it's on, everything is up and when
it's off, everythi
So whenever the boss is in a meeting and his screen saver kicks on then the
business shuts down. Also I think we've established that thumbdrive +
database = disaster.
Maybe a thumbdrive that has file with some random hash. Then create a cron
that checks for the existence of that file each minute
If you mean "not logoff properly" as, for instance, getting up and leaving his
office for the day without logging off you can run a script when the machine
"sleeps" or the screen saver runs and runs again when the machine transitions
back to run.
If your talking about powering off, same scripti
>
> Remind him that he must logout normally to lock the DB
if you follow the thread closely, this is a requirement. boss may not
logout properly :)
that's why all suggest a mechanical ways for the job. pressure
sensors, cameras etc etc
~viraj
>
>
>
> On Sep 12, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Joshua Kehn wr
I guess I need to chime in. Besides the fact that his is a moron - the customer
is always right - at least as long as he is paying
OK simplest way to handle this is:
1) Set the_db ownership and permissions to
chown theboss:employees the_db
chmod 0700 the_db
2) Attach a script to his l
Next we'll be suggesting sharks with frikking laser attached to their heads to
guard the door!
Bastien
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On Sep 15, 2010, at 19:53, Matty Sarro wrote:
> Ooooh, how about a pressure sensor on his seat??? Like the ones they have in
> cars to make that little airbag light illumin
Ooooh, how about a pressure sensor on his seat??? Like the ones they have in
cars to make that little airbag light illuminate.
if buttDetected{
allowAccess();
}
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Yousif Masoud wrote:
> On 12/09/10 17:32, tedd wrote:
>
>> Hi gang:
>>
>> I have a client who wants hi
On 12/09/10 17:32, tedd wrote:
Hi gang:
I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
business database restricted to only times when he is logged on.
(Don't ask why)
In other words, when the boss is not logged on, then his employees
cannot access the business database in
> if(file_exists('boss_man_say_okay') ){ // let monkeys work }
Is there an acronym for the sound of sad, knowing laughter?
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Daniel Brown wrote:
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:47, Micky Hulse wrote:
Motion sensing camera connected to a mechanical pointer stick aimed to
trigger the server power button.
On his way out of the office:
Clap on/clap off Clapper connected to computer power cable.
It would be cheaper to
At 8:05 PM -0400 9/13/10, Daniel Brown wrote:
The boss stands up, his entire infrastructure collapses, everyone's
connections are closed, and all PCs subsequently catch fire.
LOL
Sounds good to me.
After that happens a couple of times, maybe things will change. If
it's the private sector, th
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:25 PM, viraj wrote:
> got another idea.. setup the database on a machine which can detect
> the availability of the boss. if the boss machine is on.. and
> connected to network.. the script will try to verify the availability
> of the bosses's ip and interface hardware a
got another idea.. setup the database on a machine which can detect
the availability of the boss. if the boss machine is on.. and
connected to network.. the script will try to verify the availability
of the bosses's ip and interface hardware address. (if the boss change
the nic or machine, mac has
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Micky Hulse wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Daniel Brown wrote:
>> It would be cheaper to employ the same method used on some
>> lawnmowers and required on Jet Skis and Skidoos: a cable with a clip
>> worn by the rider. The rider falls off, the cable
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Daniel Brown wrote:
> It would be cheaper to employ the same method used on some
> lawnmowers and required on Jet Skis and Skidoos: a cable with a clip
> worn by the rider. The rider falls off, the cable releases from the
> vehicle, disengaging the throttle and
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 19:47, Micky Hulse wrote:
>
> Motion sensing camera connected to a mechanical pointer stick aimed to
> trigger the server power button.
>
> On his way out of the office:
>
> Clap on/clap off Clapper connected to computer power cable.
It would be cheaper to employ the s
On Sep 13, 2010, at 17:49, Tim Thorburn wrote:
> On 9/13/2010 9:10 AM, Steve Staples wrote:
>> here's a silly idea...
>>
>> put the database on his computer (or the entire app). that way, when
>> he's *there* he is logged in. if the computer is off, he's not there,
>> the app wont work (and
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:43 PM, chris h wrote:
> "How would you like the system to be aware of rather or not you're in the
> office?
On his way in to the office:
Motion sensing camera connected to a mechanical pointer stick aimed to
trigger the server power button.
On his way out of the office
> have been you'll have fun getting paid to re-do everything. Having
> everything require a usb stick to launch sounds secure, until
> he loses
> the stick or forgets it at home one day. For fun I'd suggest tagging
...or pulls it out before all the writes have taken place from the cache or
m
On 9/13/2010 9:10 AM, Steve Staples wrote:
here's a silly idea...
put the database on his computer (or the entire app). that way, when
he's *there* he is logged in. if the computer is off, he's not there,
the app wont work (and the database).
Steve
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 11:26 +0100, Richa
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Daevid Vincent wrote:
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: tedd [mailto:t...@sperling.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 9:32 AM
> > To: PHP-General list
> > Subject: [PHP] 1984 (Big Brother)
> >
> >
> -Original Message-
> From: tedd [mailto:t...@sperling.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 9:32 AM
> To: PHP-General list
> Subject: [PHP] 1984 (Big Brother)
>
> Hi gang:
>
> I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
> b
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:47:24PM -0400, tedd wrote:
> When I get rich enough to hire myself, then I'll tell myself what to
> do. Until then, I'm just a worker bee and follow the hive.
Oh, heck, you don't have to wait that long. We'll tell you what to do
for *free*! ;-}
Paul
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At 12:39 PM -0400 9/13/10, Marc Guay wrote:
> if steve's idea is something doable.. why don't you consider setting
up the mysql data dir on some removable media (thumb/flash drive)?
It seems to me that almost no matter what method you choose, you're
going to have to ask the client to do some
> if steve's idea is something doable.. why don't you consider setting
> up the mysql data dir on some removable media (thumb/flash drive)?
It seems to me that almost no matter what method you choose, you're
going to have to ask the client to do something manually - whether
that's logging out of t
hi tedd,
if steve's idea is something doable.. why don't you consider setting
up the mysql data dir on some removable media (thumb/flash drive)?
so the boss can pull it off if he is going home. and it's easy to
detect this in code and display a message to system users, something
similar to that 'm
From: tedd
> At 11:55 PM -0400 9/12/10, Paul M Foster wrote:
>>
>>I hate to seem flippant, but here would be my conversation with this
>>customer:
>>
>>Customer: "My employees got access to the database while I was gone
>>yesterday!"
>>
>>Consultant: "Well, let's see. Oh, it appears you didn't pro
From: tedd
> At 9:10 AM -0400 9/13/10, Steve Staples wrote:
>>here's a silly idea...
>>
>>put the database on his computer (or the entire app). that way, when
>>he's *there* he is logged in. if the computer is off, he's not there,
>>the app wont work (and the database).
>
> Silly or not, that *
At 11:55 PM -0400 9/12/10, Paul M Foster wrote:
I hate to seem flippant, but here would be my conversation with this
customer:
Customer: "My employees got access to the database while I was gone
yesterday!"
Consultant: "Well, let's see. Oh, it appears you didn't properly log
out."
Customer: "
At 9:10 AM -0400 9/13/10, Steve Staples wrote:
here's a silly idea...
put the database on his computer (or the entire app). that way, when
he's *there* he is logged in. if the computer is off, he's not there,
the app wont work (and the database).
Steve
Silly or not, that *would* work.
Now
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 09:10 -0400, Steve Staples wrote:
> here's a silly idea...
>
> put the database on his computer (or the entire app). that way, when
> he's *there* he is logged in. if the computer is off, he's not there,
> the app wont work (and the database).
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On Mon,
here's a silly idea...
put the database on his computer (or the entire app). that way, when
he's *there* he is logged in. if the computer is off, he's not there,
the app wont work (and the database).
Steve
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 11:26 +0100, Richard Quadling wrote:
> On 12 September 2010 17:3
On 12 September 2010 17:32, tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
>
> I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online business
> database restricted to only times when he is logged on. (Don't ask why)
>
> In other words, when the boss is not logged on, then his employees cannot
> access the busin
i m not sure if i usderstood your question completely.
by database you mean something like phpmyadmin, right ?
i would save the latest session id of the boss in a file, and every
time an employee tries to log in, verify the time stamp of the session
file in the tmp folder.
and if the boss logs out
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 12:32:21PM -0400, tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
>
> I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
> business database restricted to only times when he is logged on.
> (Don't ask why)
>
> In other words, when the boss is not logged on, then his employees
> canno
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 06:07:57PM -0500, Tamara Temple wrote:
>
> I've been in business and technology consulting for years and years,
> and very successful at getting customer's desired outcomes. I don't
> think their notions "strange" or "unusual" -- just that without
> further elicitation,
On Sep 12, 2010, at 4:48 PM, tedd wrote:
At 4:05 PM -0500 9/12/10, Tamara Temple wrote:
Sounds like there are some security concerns here.
On Sep 12, 2010, at 11:32 AM, tedd wrote:
I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
business database restricted to only times whe
At 4:05 PM -0500 9/12/10, Tamara Temple wrote:
Sounds like there are some security concerns here.
On Sep 12, 2010, at 11:32 AM, tedd wrote:
I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
business database restricted to only times when he is logged on.
(Don't ask why)
I do wo
Sounds like there are some security concerns here.
On Sep 12, 2010, at 11:32 AM, tedd wrote:
I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
business database restricted to only times when he is logged on.
(Don't ask why)
I do wonder why, though. Perhaps this is an opportuni
tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
>
> I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
> business database restricted to only times when he is logged on.
> (Don't ask why)
>
> In other words, when the boss is not logged on, then his employees
> cannot access the business database in any fash
On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 12:32 -0400, tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
>
> I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
> business database restricted to only times when he is logged on.
> (Don't ask why)
>
> In other words, when the boss is not logged on, then his employees
> cannot ac
Tedd-
Would he consider access to another database? I.e. a separate, say memcached db
which stores the "boss" status?
An issue with the temporary file would also be session length, if the session
expires without the user explicitly logging off, the file wouldn't be removed.
A way to bypass thi
Hi gang:
I have a client who wants his employees' access to their online
business database restricted to only times when he is logged on.
(Don't ask why)
In other words, when the boss is not logged on, then his employees
cannot access the business database in any fashion whatsoever
includin
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