DECUS Heritage

Version: 2.8-1, March 1993
Submitted By: Matthew Madison, TGV, Inc.
Operating System: OpenVMS VAX, OpenVMS AXP
Source Language: BLISS-32
Keywords: Security, System Management - VMS, Utilities - VMS
Memory Requirements: 1MB
Changes & Improvements: Now supports OpenVMS AXP V1.0 and later. Added support for forced image exits.
Restrictions: Operating system OpenVMS VAX V5.0 or later is required.

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Abstract: WATCHER is an idle terminal monitor. It logs out interactive users after a certain period of inactivity. WATCHER is fully configurable, with the following features:

Features:

• The system manager can specify which terminals to watch, and on a per-terminal basis, what measurements (CPU use, process I/O count, terminal I/O count) to use as criteria for determining idleness and how long a terminal should be idle before the user should be disconnected or logged off.
• Users can be excluded from interference by WATCHER based on any combination of username, UIC, a held identifier, privileges, terminal device and/or port name, image being run and time-of-day/day-of-week.
• The system manager can override or modify the watch criteria and/or idle times for any user based on any combination of username, UIC, a held identifier, privileges, terminal device and/or port name, and time-of-day/day-of-week.
• Limited support for DECwindows workstations is provided.
• A debug/trace facility is included so that WATCHER's activities can be monitored. In addition, a NOACTION setting is included so that WATCHER configurations can be tested without actually logging people off the system.

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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:43:18 1996