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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/998#note_7825

Making it so that a specific timed event (or set of events) won't run while a
user is running a specified external program is pretty easy to do since the
node.dab tracks what external programs are being run by any nodes at any given
time.

However, preventing a user from running an external program because a timed
event is running is a bit trickier because there is no common data file that
all nodes can just look at to determine if a timed event is being executed at
that moment. I suppose one could be added.

However, normally this situation is handled by making the timed event in
question run "exclusively", which means all nodes must be in an offline or
limbo state before the timed event will run, and the nodes will be
automatically returned to WFC/listening state when the event is complete. Is
there a reason that's not a solution for this case?
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