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Subject: Removing inactive users
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 14:25:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 14:25:30 1985
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From: VENARD%EDUCOM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA

A while back someone was offering a program that would go around
and delete the processes of users who were inactive for a certain
period of time.  I have heard of these kinds of programs for a long
time.  My question is this:  is a user who is logged in but just
sitting there doing nothing all day using any system resources to
speak of?  Why bother deleting his/her processes?  What is the
advantage of getting rid of inactive processes on a VAX?

Robert Venard
BITNET:  VENARD@EDUCOM