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Re: Limiting internet access by time



On 2016-08-07, pv29@gatech.edu <pv29@gatech.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 at 20:00, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Perhaps he wants to stop his children/grandchildren/house guests surfing
> the
>>> web at 3:00 am.
>
>> Spot on, Lisi!
>
> Hello,
> If the computer is not supposed to be connected at all, then maybe:
>
> sudo service network-manager stop
>
> and
> sudo service network-manager start
>
> (in cron jobs) would be fine and would do what you wish

I haven't been following the thread (discussion beyond my technical
reach) but couldn't the little man boot up a live cd or usb drive and
surf his little heart out? Someone talked about targeting the MAC
address of the machine (which I suppose would obviate this workaround).

> Good luck

-- 
Même l’avenir n’est plus ce qu’il était. 
Paul Valéry  



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