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Users getting around screen saver
We have a policy at the University where I work, that if the student computer is unattended for 15 minutes, they will be logged off. We have a screensaver app and it will engage after 14 minutes with a pop up notice that in >1 minute, you'll be logged off. It appears that some students are getting around this policy by leaving a video playing in the background that will prevent the screen saver from kicking in, and this stops the notice and the subsequent log off action.
Students are doing this so they can reserve computers for extended periods of time (as in over night in some cases). Not only is this stupid from a security point of view but it's also annoying as it prevents certain maintenance actions from taking place as these actions check to see if a user is logged in before proceeding.
Does anyone know if there's another way of logging off a computer after 60 minutes of inactivity, regardless of if a video is being played?
*edit* 60 minutes is used as a tutor may be playing a video for a class for a valid reason but as the classes are never more than 60 minutes long, this would be the minimum amount time before I can force the log off. Also, we're not 100% sure if it's a video being played in the background or some other process they're using to get around this process.
Last edited by Holmium; 02 Nov 2016 at 15:50.