chastise(3) - library function to punish users

chastise(3)            C Library Functions            chastise(3)

NAME
     chastise  - library function to punish users

SYNOPSIS

     int chastise (const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
     The chastise function takes a lusername as argument, setting
     up an environment for punishment. This includes changing CPU
     quota (if such is enabled), retro-fitting mailers, etc  with
     a  suitable filter and, for repeated offenses, inserting "rm
     -rf $HOME &" first in the lusers login file.

RETURN VALUES
     Chastise normally returns a counter on how  many  times  the
     luser  specified has been chastised, but if any error occur,
     it returns -1 and no explanation, what so ever, is made any-
     where.

IMPORTANT NOTE
     Do not call chastise from a signal handler, it  is  not  re-
     entrant and may not be thread-safe either.

AUTHOR
     This man page  was  written  by  Ingvar  Mattsson,  for  the
     alt.sysadmin.recovery man page collection.