On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm looking for software that can be used to control a child's usage of
> the computer (not Internet filtering). At the very least it should be
> able to control length of login sessions and when the child is able to
> login. Ideally it would also be able to control access to programs, for
> example education programs can be used for a couple of hours but games
> for only 30 mins at a time (net control software can be used to deal with
> online versions). There are other situations where this sort of thing is
> useful, so it need not necessarily be a package aimed specifically at
> parental controls.
>
> Timekpr looks the ideal candidate, except it hasn't had a release in
> over three years.
>
> Any suggestions?

I think logoutd from sys-apps/shadow can control allowed login windows
by day-of-week and time-of-day, by user or group. Not sure if it
translates to the X era or only applies to consoles.

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