PYTTYMON -------- A tty usage monitor/limiter that allows you to limit users monthly, daily, session, and idle usage of ttys, based on tty, user, group, and tty load. This allows different limits to be applied depending how many ttys are in active use. Users are given advance warning by console message every minute, and emailed on disconnection. Logging is done using syslog as facility LOG_DAEMON. A HUP signal causes the config file to be re-read. Check the sample config file for details of how to configure different limits based on the tty usage load. Check the pyttymon python code for extensive documentation on how it works and what it can do. INSTALL ------- copy files as follows; pyttymon -> /usr/local/sbin init.d/pyttymon -> /etc/init.d pyttymon.conf -> /etc edit /etc/pyttymon.conf to suit your needs. start and stop using the normal /etc/init.d script; /etc/init.d/pyttymon start Note that you will need "sac" installed. This is a utility for querying utmp and wtmp records. There is a Debian package available. Please email any comments/suggestions/complaints to me, or leave a comment on the freshmeat appindex entry. http://freshmeat.net/projects/pyttymon/ Donovan Baarda