From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 29 15:25:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rmx306-mta.mail.com (rmx306-mta.mail.com [165.251.48.168]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8024337B645 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:25:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from craig.massey@iname.com) Received: from weba2.iname.net (weba2.iname.net [165.251.4.12]) by rmx306-mta.mail.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA17210 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:25:42 -0400 (EDT) From: craig.massey@iname.com Received: (from root@localhost) by weba2.iname.net (8.9.1a/8.9.2.Alpha2) id SAA12269; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:25:41 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <000629182541BE.18742@weba2.iname.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:25:41 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: Text/Plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: A quota system for modem time accessed from a '98 PC Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG My somewhat inactive teenage step-son accesses the web from his '98 PC through our FreeBSD server. I'd like to be able to put limits on his surfing hours per month/week/day linked to the amount he contributes to the household chores. I can think of several ways to do this which all involve some scripting on my part. Paradoxically, I know Perl on NT quite well, but have never used it on a Unix OS, so I'd have some work to do. Is there an established way of achieving a quota on modem time? If not I'll have to roll up my sleeves and get inventive. ps I'm going to encourage him to circumvent any system I put in place. Hacking his way past it will force him to learn something and that's even better than getting help with the housework. --------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message