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# 1  
Old 12-14-2005
script for killing idle users
I need a script that will look for idle users and kill there proc.
# 2  
Old 12-14-2005
And what code have you written so far in attempting to solve this problem?
# 3  
Old 12-16-2005
You're lucky I'm bored!

Hers something I whipped up in a few minutes, suggestions?

#!/bin/bash
# kill off users idle for 1 or more days
# 12/16/2005 - kefx

IUSERS=`w | awk '/[1-9]day?/ {print $1}'`

for i in $IUSERS
do
pkill -U $i
done

exit 0
# 4  
Old 12-16-2005
actually --- your script only kills user logins that are longer than 1 day --- it does not differentiate between users who are actively working and users who are are not actively working
# 5  
Old 12-16-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Ice
actually --- your script only kills user logins that are longer than 1 day --- it does not differentiate between users who are actively working and users who are are not actively working
Can't say I undestand what you mean. If they were actively working they would not have an IDLE listing over 1day or more under 'w'. To my knowledge...
# 6  
Old 12-16-2005
see this ...

if a user has been logged in for over a day and had just finished running a long script and then took a minute to read some notes for the next script --- your script will kill his login when it runs because it does not see when he last did anything on the server
Last edited by Just Ice; 12-17-2005 at 12:42 PM..
# 7  
Old 12-16-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Ice
see this ...

if a user has been logged in for over a day and had just finished running a long script and then took a minute to read some notes for the next script --- your script will kill his login when it runs because it does not see when he/she last did anything on the server
Yeah, I see what you mean.
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