On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM, rathin r <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi, > I have got a mini-project to do.So i need suggestion frm u all .I will > brief u on wat ma project is . > I am doing a system administration project . In it i need the following > functionalities : > > I want to monitor a system that is idle. > For that i thought i would create a log which i keep checking. For that i > create a link kinda structure using XML . For eg: if i have a dir, > dir1 and in it i have dir2 . i will create a link b/w them to show > that are linked.and along with that i need to maintain a record of > the time it was created. If no link is created in a time span of half > an hour then the system is supposed to be idle. Are you creating a file system watcher? > Also there can be a > state when a person is reading a text file.For that i would check > whether there has been a key press. And if not then the system is > idle. Also we have to check for a user initiated process like > downloading or somethin. then too the system has to stay alive .. I think you can wait for keypress and timeout. At timeout, check the running processes and see if there is any "white listed" processes (eg: your d/l manager) running. If none, declare that system is idle. > And > the configurations that are to be created on all systems can be > created on a single one and then forwarded to all. Didnt understand > I hope this does > satisfy the problem statement for ma project. If you want to add > somethin then feel free to mail me. pls. And also i need to create a > login for all the systems based on their college ids . So any suggestions > on that .. i mean how to integrate it with our mail server. > Check with your mail admin to see if you can use their user database. Before that define your privacy policy ;-) > > PS: I am open to suggestions .Feel free to reply. > regards, > -- > RATHIN.R > CS 06-10 > > -- Regards, Jain Johny
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