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Ben Goodger wrote: > On 01/02/07, *T Brownen* <trevatxtal@xxxxxxx > <mailto:trevatxtal@xxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Many thanks Jamie > What a small script for a big job. > I have not tried it yet, as I have one question > Please correct me if I am wrong > As I read it, it would allow the user to log back on but for only five > minutes during period 2300hours to 0700 hours. > If I set the 5 to 1 will crontab catch it before logon > > > No, but it will catch it between 0.000001s and 60s after logon, > depending on your system's startup time. The child shouldn't have time > to do anything useful before the system shuts him off. > > I believe that Ubuntu has a tool for limiting user accounts' login > times. This may be a part of the user management system (i.e. built-in) > or in one of the Edubuntu tools. I suggest Google. How about adding something to /etc/profile? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html