Ubuntu Manpage: lockout - avoid slacking and impose productivity and discipline on yourself

NAME

       lockout - avoid slacking and impose productivity and discipline on yourself

WARNING

       This  program  is  VERY DANGEROUS.  If it fails, you may end up not knowing the root password to your own
       computer (in which case you need to boot into single-user mode).  There are  no  known  reports  of  this
       actually  happening,  but  we don't know how stupid you are.  Also, you should probably not run this on a
       multi-user system.

SYNOPSIS

        lockout lock HhMm ⎪ Hh ⎪ Mm
        lockout lock HH:MM
        lockout lock HH:MMam ⎪ HH:MMpm
        lockout lock HHam ⎪ HHpm
        lockout lock

        lockout unlock [force]

        lockout status

DESCRIPTION

Lockout is a tool that imposes discipline on you so that you get some work done. For example, lockout
can be used to install a firewall that does not let you browse the Web. Lockout changes the root
password for a specified duration; this prevents you from secretly ripping down the firewall and then
browsing the Web anyway. In case of an emergency, you can reboot your computer to undo the effects of
lockout and to restore the original root password.

Obviously, lockout lock and lockout unlock can only be run by root. lockout status can be run by any
user.

lockout without any parameters shows a brief help message.

lockout lock takes one optional parameter. If no parameter is given, you are dropped in interactive mode
and asked for the duration of the lock or the time at which the lock should be lifted. You can also
supply this as a parameter on the command line. Lockout understands various time formats. You can
specify a delay, e.g., 3h (3 hours), 1h30m (1 hour and 30 minutes), or 90m (1 hour and 30 minutes), or
you can specify absolute time, e.g., 2pm, 2:30am, 15:30, etc. You will be asked to confirm the time at
which lockout will unlock your system. If you type "yes", lockout executes /etc/lockout/lock.sh and
changes the root password to something completely random. /etc/lockout/lock.sh is a shell script that
you write. It takes measures to make sure you stop slacking. For example, it could install a firewall
that prevents outgoing connections to port 80. See the "EXAMPLES" section below.

lockout unlock takes an optional force parameter. Without any parameters, lockout lock will check
whether it is time to unlock the system and, if so, executes /etc/lockout/unlock.sh, which is a shell
script that you write. It should undo the effects of /etc/lockout/lock.sh, executed when the system was
locked. If you pass the force parameter to lockout unlock, lockout will forcibly unlock your system,
whether it was really time for that or not. lockout unlock should be called every minute by cron. See
"CONFIGURATION".

lockout status will print out the time at which the system is going to be unlocked.

CONFIGURATION

       /etc/cron.d/lockout must contain the following two entries:

           */1 * * * *         root    /usr/bin/lockout unlock >/dev/null 2>&1
           @reboot             root    /usr/bin/lockout unlock force >/dev/null 2>&1

       The  examples  that  follow assume you are using sudo(8) and you have a file, /etc/lockout/sudoers.normal
       which is the normal /etc/sudoers file, and /etc/lockout/sudoers.lock, which is the /etc/sudoers file when
       lockout   locks   your   computer.    This   example   also   assumes   you   are   using    iptables(8).
       /var/lib/iptables/active  should  contain  your default firewall rules, and /var/lib/iptables/work should
       contain the firewall rules that enforce discipline.  See below for an example.

       /etc/lock/lock.sh imposes discipline.  For example:

           #!/bin/sh
           /etc/init.d/iptables load work
           cp /etc/lockout/sudoers.lock /etc/sudoers

       /etc/lock/unlock.sh undoes these effects.  For example:

           #!/bin/sh
           /etc/init.d/iptables restart
           cp /etc/lockout/sudoers.normal /etc/sudoers

       Your /var/lib/iptables/work may look something like this:

           *filter
           :INPUT ACCEPT [1047:99548]
           :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
           :OUTPUT ACCEPT [1104:120792]

           # allow incoming packets from localhost, ntp,
           # and existing connections
           -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
           -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --source-port ntp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
           -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
           -A INPUT -p tcp -j DROP
           -A INPUT -p udp -j DROP

           # allow outgoing connections for email and DNS
           -A OUTPUT -d 127.0.0.1/8 -j ACCEPT
           -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport smtp -j ACCEPT
           -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport domain -j ACCEPT
           -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport domain -j ACCEPT
           -A OUTPUT -j DROP
           COMMIT

EXAMPLES

           lockout lock 2h30m   [locks out for 2h and 30m]
           lockout lock 90m     [locks out for 1h and 30m]
           lockout lock 3pm     [locks out until 3pm]
           lockout lock 3:20am  [locks out until 3:20am]
           lockout lock 15:20   [locks out until 3:20pm]

           lockout status       [shows when the system is going to be unlocked]

FILES

       /etc/lockout/lock.sh: executed when running lockout lock

       /etc/lockout/unlock.sh: executed when running lockout unlock

BUGS

       Arguably, a program that changes the root password to something random  with  the  possibility  of  never
       recovering the original password might be considered a bug by itself.  Other than that, no known bugs.

AUTHOR

       Thomer M. Gil, http://thomer.com/lockout/

lockout                                            2004-09-08                                         LOCKOUT(1)