Re: how to restrict log on hours for child user

From: Arnt Karlsen (arnt@c2i.net)
Date: 06/27/02 

From: Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:20:39 GMT

.on Wed, 26 Jun 2002 06:32:12 +0200, "frustrated mom \(rachel\)"
<bellsuck@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
<1357701c21cca$70e347f0$35ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA11>:

> I need a somewhat transparent way (to user) to restrict the hours my son
> can log on to our home pc. He is 16 with a good working knowledge of PCs
> and a large capacity (and desire) to hack his user settings.

<snip>

..no hack value in that.

..Linus Benedikt Thorvalds, Eric Raymond
and Richard Stallman did, and does hack.
Along with a million or so more people.
I and another 40 Million or so people run it on our boxes.

..and then we have the Chinese. ;-)

> A.) Is there a work-around to this? (NOTE- computer management
> console waaaaaaay confusing so need good instructions if I need to work
> in this utility)

..if your kid is half as bright as you as a mom, hope, and,
has access to the hardware, _no_.

> B.) Are there any other parents out there who have
> found good ways to restrict usage aside from log on hours?
>
> Signed,
> Desparate Mom in Florida with Urgent Need to Raise Son's GPA (thanks a
> million)

..face it, computer science skills is where he's going to outrun you.

..your best shot is do your job as a parent,
  teach him decency, attitude and wisdom.

..these are much needed characteristics in _any_ business and industry.

..your success and failure as a parent will show, _right_there_. 

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.
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