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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Need a timeout device SVR3.x
Keywords: timeout
Message-ID: <10226@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 7 May 89 22:21:34 GMT
References: <170@attibr.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <170@attibr.UUCP> rjd@attibr.UUCP (Robert J. Diamond x7650) writes:
>We have a problem.  We need to time out inactive users on our 3b2's,
>...  Any ideas/solutions?

I suggest you reconsider.  Why is it so important that users press
a key every so often?  Surely there must be applications where that
would be a silly requirement.

What is your real requirement?  A "need to time out users" is not
an end in itself.