Re: Best solutions for Users who don't logoff

We use ROBOT Scheduler to run a 'supplied' job to force idle users and a
specific time, it check's for number of minutes idle and then logs off the
user. I had the same problem with file locks.

Vern Hamberg wrote:

> There are system values for workstation inactivity--QINACTITV & QINACTMSGQ.
> You could set the former to 15 minutes, then get a CPI1126 message in a
> message you name in the latter. ROBOT/Console or Messenger-Plus or ??? or
> your own program could monitor that queue and do whaterver you want.
>
> Also on point, we have a product called lock/DETECTOR that will tell you
> what jobs are waiting for a lock and what jobs are holding those locks,
> either as an ongoing monitor or as you run the command.
>
> End of commercial in direct response to a question!
>
> HTH
>
> Vern
>
> At 02:40 PM 4/25/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi I am looking at a situation at a company where because someone doesn't
> >logoff and they have an open file, an update program doesn't work. They
> >also create many sessions and this causes performance degradation. I was
> >thinking that there could be a way to check and see if a user hasn't been
> >doing anything for over 15 minutes, like hitting the keyboard. Then I
> >would want to alert the senior staff to contact this person and get them
> >to sign off. I suppose you could have them emailed and even phoned. Does
> >this make sense?Thanks,Rob
>
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