Patent ID: 8881172
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: invoking, by a processing device of a computer system, a configuration process in the computer system, wherein the configuration process provides a user interface (UI) for a user of the computer system in order to at least one of configure, administer, or diagnose problems within the computer system, and wherein the configuration process is associated with a configuration server, communicably coupled to the computer system via a network, that provides configuration services targeted to the computer system; opening, in view of an instruction from the configuration process, a port of the computer system in order for the configuration process to communicate with the configuration server via the network; when a time interval associated with the configuration process expires, accessing a log file corresponding to the configuration process, wherein interactions of the user with the configuration process via the UI provided by the configuration process are recorded in the log file; identifying entries of the log file related to activity of the user of the computer system; examining a file attribute of the log file to identify a most recent date and time of update to the log file; determining, in view of the identified entries related to the activity of the user and the identified most recent date and time of the update to the log file, that the log file has not been updated within the time interval; sending, in response to the determining that the log file has not been updated, a warning message to the user within the time interval, the warning message comprising an indication informing the user that the log file has not been updated in the time interval; and in response to the determination that the log file has not been updated and in response to a lack of feedback from the user in response to the warning message, terminating the configuration process, wherein terminating the configuration process results in closing the opened port.