>>
>>Now why do you want to do that? Give them access to the shell, let them
>>also enjoy Linux and its wonderful CLI - this might even prompt them to
>>try Linux for their home PC if and when they buy one. :-)
>
>True. But I am not the Sysadmin here :-) The stuff what we were doing in
SCO is
>continued in Linux that's all. What you have said is in a way true. Some
users
>not all might get really interested in linux if given shell access. Most of
the
>users don't know any commands here. They are just operating the packages
that's
>all and I said nothing is in my hands here. :-)
Try exploring,
1. Setterm has screensaver and power down variables, may be you could use
nay one of them.
2. Latest bios has facility to shutdown monitor in case of keyboard
inactivity, may be you can trap this event.
3. /etc/inittab does some keyboard trapping, use that.
Regards,
Mukund Deshmukh
Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd.
Web Site - www.betacomp.com
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