LOCKOUT(1)							      lockout								LOCKOUT(1)

NAME

       lockout - avoid slacking and impose productivity and discipline on yourself

WARNING

       This program is VERY DANGEROUS.	If it fails, you may end up not knowing the root password to your own computer (in which case you need to
       boot into single-user mode).  There are no known reports of this actually happening, but we don't know how stupid you are.  Also, you
       should probably not run this on a multi-user system.

SYNOPSIS

	lockout lock HhMm | Hh | Mm
	lockout lock HH:MM
	lockout lock HH:MMam | HH:MMpm
	lockout lock HHam | HHpm
	lockout lock

	lockout unlock [force]

	lockout status

DESCRIPTION

       Lockout is a tool that imposes discipline on you so that you get some work done.  For example, lockout can be used to install a firewall
       that does not let you browse the Web.  Lockout changes the root password for a specified duration; this prevents you from secretly ripping
       down the firewall and then browsing the Web anyway.  In case of an emergency, you can reboot your computer to undo the effects of lockout
       and to restore the original root password.

       Obviously, lockout lock and lockout unlock can only be run by root.  lockout status can be run by any user.

       lockout without any parameters shows a brief help message.

       lockout lock takes one optional parameter.  If no parameter is given, you are dropped in interactive mode and asked for the duration of the
       lock or the time at which the lock should be lifted.  You can also supply this as a parameter on the command line.  Lockout understands
       various time formats.  You can specify a delay, e.g., 3h (3 hours), 1h30m (1 hour and 30 minutes), or 90m (1 hour and 30 minutes), or you
       can specify absolute time, e.g., 2pm, 2:30am, 15:30, etc.  You will be asked to confirm the time at which lockout will unlock your system.
       If you type "yes", lockout executes /etc/lockout/lock.sh and changes the root password to something completely random.  /etc/lock-
       out/lock.sh is a shell script that you write.  It takes measures to make sure you stop slacking.  For example, it could install a firewall
       that prevents outgoing connections to port 80.  See the "EXAMPLES" section below.

       lockout unlock takes an optional force parameter.  Without any parameters, lockout lock will check whether it is time to unlock the system
       and, if so, executes /etc/lockout/unlock.sh, which is a shell script that you write.  It should undo the effects of /etc/lockout/lock.sh,
       executed when the system was locked.  If you pass the force parameter to lockout unlock, lockout will forcibly unlock your system, whether
       it was really time for that or not.  lockout unlock should be called every minute by cron.  See "CONFIGURATION".

       lockout status will print out the time at which the system is going to be unlocked.

CONFIGURATION

       /etc/cron.d/lockout must contain the following two entries:

	   */1 * * * *	       root    /usr/bin/lockout unlock >/dev/null 2>&1
	   @reboot	       root    /usr/bin/lockout unlock force >/dev/null 2>&1

       The examples that follow assume you are using sudo(8) and you have a file, /etc/lockout/sudoers.normal which is the normal /etc/sudoers
       file, and /etc/lockout/sudoers.lock, which is the /etc/sudoers file when lockout locks your computer.  This example also assumes you are
       using iptables(8).  /var/lib/iptables/active should contain your default firewall rules, and /var/lib/iptables/work should contain the
       firewall rules that enforce discipline.	See below for an example.

       /etc/lock/lock.sh imposes discipline.  For example:

	   #!/bin/sh
	   /etc/init.d/iptables load work
	   cp /etc/lockout/sudoers.lock /etc/sudoers
	   /etc/init.d/sudo stop
	   /etc/init.d/sudo start

       /etc/lock/unlock.sh undoes these effects.  For example:

	   #!/bin/sh
	   /etc/init.d/iptables restart
	   cp /etc/lockout/sudoers.normal /etc/sudoers
	   /etc/init.d/sudo stop
	   /etc/init.d/sudo start

       Your /var/lib/iptables/work may look something like this:

	   *filter
	   :INPUT ACCEPT [1047:99548]
	   :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
	   :OUTPUT ACCEPT [1104:120792]

	   # allow incoming packets from localhost, ntp,
	   # and existing connections
	   -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
	   -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --source-port ntp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
	   -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
	   -A INPUT -p tcp -j DROP
	   -A INPUT -p udp -j DROP

	   # allow outgoing connections for email and DNS
	   -A OUTPUT -d 127.0.0.1/8 -j ACCEPT
	   -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport smtp -j ACCEPT
	   -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport domain -j ACCEPT
	   -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport domain -j ACCEPT
	   -A OUTPUT -j DROP
	   COMMIT

EXAMPLES

	   lockout lock 2h30m	[locks out for 2h and 30m]
	   lockout lock 90m	[locks out for 1h and 30m]
	   lockout lock 3pm	[locks out until 3pm]
	   lockout lock 3:20am	[locks out until 3:20am]
	   lockout lock 15:20	[locks out until 3:20pm]

	   lockout status	[shows when the system is going to be unlocked]

FILES

       /etc/lockout/lock.sh: executed when running lockout lock

       /etc/lockout/unlock.sh: executed when running lockout unlock

SEE ALSO

       usermod(8), iptables(8), passwd(1), cron(8), crontab(1)

BUGS

       Arguably, a program that changes the root password to something random with the possibility of never recovering the original password might
       be considered a bug by itself.  Other than that, no known bugs.

AUTHOR

       Thomer M. Gil, http://thomer.com/lockout/

lockout 							    2004-09-08								LOCKOUT(1)