RE: [Condor-users] How to run jobs ONLY when no users are logged in?

[bgore@xxxxxxxxxx]

So Nick, can we make a formal request to add the login user count to the Machine ClassAd then? (If so, consider this it)

I've tried to do this via STARTD_CRON on Windows by poking around in the registry and it's tricky due to the security model, so if you have the info already, it'd be great to just publish it for us.

Thanks, ~Brooklin

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From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick LeRoy
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Condor-users] How to run jobs ONLY when no users are logged in?


On Mon July 19 2004 11:13 am, Erik Paulson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:06:27AM +0100, Bruce Beckles wrote:
> > Hi everyone -
> >
> > 	I would like to set up some 'execute-only' machines to run Condor 
> > jobs ONLY when no users are logged in to the machines, i.e. -
> >
> > - Jobs should only start when there is no one logged into the 
> > machine, NOT if someone is logged in but hasn't generated any 
> > keyboard or mouse activity for a while.
> >
> > - As soon as a user logs out, the machine should be available for Condor
> >   jobs (i.e. it shouldn't wait around until a certain amount of
> >   KeyboardIdle time has passed).
> >
> > Is this possible?  I've looked at the manual and various example 
> > configuration files, but I can't see how to do this.
>
> Which OS?
>
> The condor_startd doesn't automatically detect if anyone's logged in 
> or not (though on a lot of them the code that detects if someone is 
> using the keyboard also knows if someone is logged in, we just don't 
> put that into the startd ad).
>
> You could also use the startd_cron functionality to write a script 
> that decides if someone is logged in or not.

The hawkeye "w", "who" and "uptime" modules all publish a login count, which 
sounds exactly like what you're looking for.

They publish:
w:
  UptimeUsers = 27
who:
  Count = 27
uptime:
  Users = 27

-Nick

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