Session timeouts in IDL? [message #43407] |
Mon, 11 April 2005 19:01  |
FSD
Messages: 5 Registered: February 2005
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Hello All;
IDL licenses are more valuable than gold in my department and right
now, next years budget looks pretty flat. I was hoping that one of the ways
we could
maximize our licenses would be to have some sort of session timeout that
would automatically log users out after a pre-determined idle time. However,
I do not see an easy way to do that. Is there something I missed? Does
anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
FSD
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Re: Session timeouts in IDL? [message #43465 is a reply to message #43407] |
Wed, 13 April 2005 13:02  |
JD Smith
Messages: 850 Registered: December 1999
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:01:14 -0400, FSD wrote:
> Hello All;
> IDL licenses are more valuable than gold in my department and right
> now, next years budget looks pretty flat. I was hoping that one of the ways
> we could
> maximize our licenses would be to have some sort of session timeout that
> would automatically log users out after a pre-determined idle time. However,
> I do not see an easy way to do that. Is there something I missed? Does
> anyone have any suggestions?
> Thanks
> FSD
This should be easy to implement as a script which parses the output of:
$IDL_DIR/bin/lmstat -f idl
and then uses:
$IDL_DIR/bin/lmremove feature user host display
to drop them. Just run the script in a cron job every 10min or so, and
use lmremove to oust all checkouts older than, e.g., 12hrs. Optionally
send an email or message to the user first, warning them they are going to
be disconnected.
JD
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Re: Session timeouts in IDL? [message #43474 is a reply to message #43407] |
Wed, 13 April 2005 05:40  |
Haje Korth
Messages: 651 Registered: May 1997
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Reimar,
flexlm does have a timeout feature, but it has to be programmed for use in
the software, i.e. IDL. The manual says contact vendor to check whether
feature is implemented. IMHO, there is little incentive for a vendor to
implement this, but asking does not hurt I guess.
Haje
"Reimar Bauer" <R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de> wrote in message
news:d3iob4$27oe$1@zam602.zam.kfa-juelich.de...
> FSD wrote:
>> Hello All;
>> IDL licenses are more valuable than gold in my department and right
>> now, next years budget looks pretty flat. I was hoping that one of the
>> ways
>> we could
>> maximize our licenses would be to have some sort of session timeout that
>> would automatically log users out after a pre-determined idle time.
>> However,
>> I do not see an easy way to do that. Is there something I missed? Does
>> anyone have any suggestions?
>> Thanks
>> FSD
>>
>>
>
> Probably you could do this on the license sever.
>
> cheers
> Reimar
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> --
> Reimar Bauer
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> Institut fuer Stratosphaerische Chemie (ICG-I)
> Forschungszentrum Juelich
> email: R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de
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> a IDL library at ForschungsZentrum Juelich
> http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_lib_intro. html
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Re: Session timeouts in IDL? [message #43479 is a reply to message #43407] |
Wed, 13 April 2005 02:21  |
R.Bauer
Messages: 1424 Registered: November 1998
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FSD wrote:
> Hello All;
> IDL licenses are more valuable than gold in my department and right
> now, next years budget looks pretty flat. I was hoping that one of the ways
> we could
> maximize our licenses would be to have some sort of session timeout that
> would automatically log users out after a pre-determined idle time. However,
> I do not see an easy way to do that. Is there something I missed? Does
> anyone have any suggestions?
> Thanks
> FSD
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>
Probably you could do this on the license sever.
cheers
Reimar
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Reimar Bauer
Institut fuer Stratosphaerische Chemie (ICG-I)
Forschungszentrum Juelich
email: R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de
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a IDL library at ForschungsZentrum Juelich
http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_lib_intro. html
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