Wow memories. I'll speak up and agree with Allen -- solid products in the Pr1me world. 15 years is definitely an underestimate. This is a forum where we know that seasoned tools bring proven value. Thanks for piping up Randy. --dawn
Typed on a mobile keyboard On May 1, 2012, at 11:21 PM, Randy Styka <ra...@computronics.com> wrote: > It's been a long time since I've posted about this, but our company wrote > and has sold a product called LOGMON for many years (15? I don't even > remember). This software works at the Unix level to monitor usage of the > users on a system, actually monitoring cpu usage, not keystrokes. And so > if a user is idle, you can decide what to do about it, via a script that is > run. > > In a Unidata/Universe environment, a signal can be sent that an application > will see and it can release the locks and close the user out gracefully. But > there are other approaches too. When combined with our Peek software, a > script > can be run to generate keystrokes on behalf of that user. So...you can set up > a script that sends a series of predetermined keystrokes to back the user out > of the application, and thus no coding is required in the specific > application. > (This assumes there's a standard set of keystrokes that you can user for this > purpose, like a series of <escape> characters then a Q or somesuch.) > > Anyway, there are a lot of options. Check out Logmon and/or Peek at > http://www.computronics.com Free trial versions are available for download. > > As I said I haven't posted about this in years as I know users who are > bothered by commercial plugs, hence the [AD] tag above. > > There are certainly other ways to do it but this is often the path of > least resistance for users who want to solve this problem without changes > to their programs. And it is in use by a number of U2 sites (and plenty > of other Unix sites). Note that we are Unix/Linux only. We don't do > Windows ;-) > > Thanks! Randy > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Computronics Randy Styka, ra...@computronics.com | > | 4N165 Wood Dale Road Phone: 630/941-7767 | > | Addison, Illinois 60101 USA Fax: 630/941-7714 | > | www: http://www.computronics.com | > | for product information: i...@computronics.com | > | for product support: supp...@computronics.com | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
