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From: alg@cs.cornell.edu (Anne Louise Gockel)
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Subject: Wanted: Queueing system for automated access to lab workstations
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We are looking for a system that can be used to provide access to an unmanned
undergraduate lab of Sun workstations.  The system should manage a queue of
incoming students and force a student off of the console when his or her time
allotment has expired.

Does anyone know of any systems similar to this?  

Ideal features:
	- manage a queue of incoming students and 30+ workstations
	- when lab has 70% of the seats occupied, enforce a X minute time limit
		on console access
	- when time limit has expired, give console user a 5 minute warning 
		and then force user off
	- ignore remote login access (or maybe this can be an option?)

This system can either be some sort of front end to /bin/login or a daemon
running on a trusted server.  If you know of any system similar to this,
please send me the details.  I will post a summary of any promising replies.

					-Anne Louise Gockel
					Cornell Computer Science

Internet: alg@cs.cornell.edu		UUCP: cornell!alg