Re: K3B for backups

David Bolt wrote:
Okay. That does raise one interesting point. If they're using a desktop
on a display other than :0, there's a good chance they are remotely
accessing the system, at which point they may not be able to plug in the
USB drive.

If one user is logged in and his screen is locked, another user can log
in and run something like `startx -- :1` and have them both running on
the same PC.

# quit since there's no-one present to annoy
#
exit 1

You should test if they are logged in via CLI.

# oops. neither kde or zenity. bail out now
#

Oh, come on. You can do better then that. ;-)
Check if it is openSUSE, what version and then install what you need.
:-D OK, perhaps a bit over the top.

What you can do is see if xterm/aterm/... is there and lauch that with a
message.

If the userX has physical access to the system, all bets are off. They
can walk away with all your data with, or without, using this script.

Indeed, but it is something else to actualy OFFER it to them. Also if
2.000 people are running X, it would not be nice if all of them had a
popup. :-D

OK, unlikely that a backup would be happening that way, although you
could offer a backup for each person to copy his data to a USB device
when he wants to log out. Or just his mails, or files xyz or whatever.

I have seen a script that also 'sees' when you get near with your
bleutooth phone. That way you can activate and deactivate the
screensaver, but it could also be used as an extra security to see if
the person is near the PC.

If the person is logged in, see if he is near and if yes, show the
popups. If not, do not show them and wait 5 minutes. After one hour of
absence and/or not taking any action, send a mail.

houghi
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