Autonice
========

Autonice is a simple perl-script intended for use on
multiuser-systems. The scripts regurlarly surveys any cpu-consuming
processes on the system, and if any proces has been using more than a
given amount of cpu-time (ie. half an hour) the process is reniced,
and a mail is sent to user.

Autonice is started via /etc/crontab every minute, and checks the
processes in the /proc filesystem. 

The syntax of the scripts is:

autonice [start|check|stop]

start	Automatically inserts autonice into the /etc/crontab file
check	Performs a manual check of the active processes
stop	Removes autonice from /etc/crontab.

Files:
/etc/autonice.conf
	Configuration file for autonice - the options here should be 
	selfexplanatory.
/etc/autonice.message
	The message to sent to the user when he/she have abuse the
	cpu-time.
/var/log/autonice
	Logfile.

Installation:
The script 'install' does the job of copying and changing permissions
etc.

The current official location of autonice is:
ftp://alf.nbi.dk/kenand/autonice
http://www.nbi.dk/~kenand/autonice/autonice.html

Maintainer: Ken Haste Andersen (kenand@nbi.dk).
