From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 8 07:45:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA15694 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:45:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA15670 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:45:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id QAA07084 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:41:05 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA02556; 08 Dec 97 16:29:54 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 08 Dec 97 11:17:49 +0100 Subject: Console Login Message-ID: <6e1_9712081629@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: Organization: Fidonet: UNIX-sysadm søger job To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 08 Dec 97 08:33:16 bpepa@freight.msn.bc.ca wrote regarding Console Login b> This may sound goofy, but I've been leaving my terminal on all b> night (logged in as myself) and have a script that will write a b> message to myself (write bpepa d1 < wakeup) executed by cron in b> the morning, that makes my terminal beep (loudly) as an alarm b> clock 'till I kill the script. It would be more energy efficent b> if I put my terminal on a timer to turn on in the morning, but it b> doesn't work unless I'm logged in. Why not just send bell-characters to the terminal-device in the cronjob? No need to be logged in. Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk