A simple Youtube blocker for Linux written in bash
- Linux
- Firefox browser
- wmctrl
- A teenager that needs to control Youtube screen time
apt-get install mailutils screen postfix
Create a dir /root/youtube and copy *.sh files there.
Put minutely.sh into cron:
* * * * * /root/youtube/minutely.sh
Add this to autostart (ex, rc.local):
cd /root/youtube
screen -L -d -m ./monitor.sh
The script manages /etc/hosts file and points youtube domain names to loopback to block access.
The default screen time is starting from 12:00 and limitted to 1 hour of active watching.