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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: <10235@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 8 May 89 16:31:43 GMT
References: <170@attibr.UUCP> <10226@smoke.BRL.MIL> <173@attibr.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <173@attibr.UUCP> rjd@attibr.UUCP (Robert J. Diamond x7650) writes:
-In article <10226@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
-| What is your real requirement?  A "need to time out users" is not
-| an end in itself.
-There IS a need for us to time out users.  When you have machines with
-16 ports each, and times when 20 users want to get on, and ...

See, you could install 4 more ports (for example).
With a bit of creativity I'm sure you can find other solutions.