Idle Users

[Kenneth Brody]

Fairlight wrote:
> 
> Only Vicky Prigg would say something like:
> > How can we log off idle users?  We have an SCO Unix system accessed by
> > DejaWin.  We are having problems with records being locked and I assume
> > that the users are clicking 'x' instead of properly logging out of
> > filePro, thus leaving open processes.  I’m guessing that idleout doesn’t
> > work in this case.  Thanks for your help.
> 
> The problem with this theory is that if the session is terminated
> with SIGHUP, all child processes should die along with the shell
> process--including any filePro processes.
> 
> Do you actually see stranded filePro processes in the process table, or
> is this strictly an assumption on your part?

You're assuming that closing the window by clicking the "x" causes the
telnet session to be ended, and a SIGHUP to be sent.

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