>>> We have some equipment in our lab. It needs a computer to control it. 
>>> Unfortunately, the control software requires somebody to be logged in. 
>>> As soon as you log out, it quits the control program, halting the 
>>> machine.
>>
>> Can't you just lock the machine instead of logging off?
>
> The issue being that it is then impossible for anyone except the person 
> logged on to discover if the machine is still running OK, how far it's 
> got, etc.

Set up a "lab" user or some such that everyone knows the login for, we have 
that here to solve exactly that problem with our temperature logging 
software.  OOC, are normal applications required to carry on running if the 
user who started them logs off?  I have no idea.

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