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The user configuration settings for application restrictions
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## The user configuration settings for application restrictions

On this page you configure the settings for up to three applications for each one of the five different users.

- enable Restricition for Application: first click on the "enable" button and then enter the name of the appplication which is restricted. The name has to be a part of the unix process name, as you can see it on a command shell when you type the command 'ps ux'. To limit the mentioned chat program, you could give a name like e.g. 'kopete' or 'kopet' or 'opete' or 'kope'. Every unix process of the given user which contains the string will be terminated! Leave the field empty to disable any restriction.

- red and green time slider: this slider shows the allowed times for application use. The green area shows the allowed time range, In the red area the application will be terminated. You can move the whole range, or only the upper or lower limit by clicking with the mouse on the yellow border and drag it to the left or right. The time limits are displayed beneath the slider.

- or max time per day: allowed time (measured in hours and minutes) for the application to be active for this user per day.

- or max time per week: allowed time (measured in hours and minutes) for the application to be active for this user per week.

In the above example, user "martin" is allowed to use the chat program 'kopete' from 12:00 am to 10:00 pm. The usage time limit for 'kopete' is 2 hours 30 minutes each day and 8 hours the whole week. If he starts the application before 12 am in the morning or after 10 pm, the application will be terminated immediately. The limitations to play 'Age of Empire' is from 4 pm to 11 pm. The usage time limit is 1 hour 30 minutes each day and 4 hours the whole week. Outside these limits the game is over! The values for the usage times are reset to zero the first time you log in on a new week.

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