Re: Idle session logout

Sanjeev B.S. wrote:

>>try to set TMOUT=<seconds> in /etc/profile.
> 
> 
> TMOUT works only for bash shell users, isn't it? May be running a simple 
> shell script with kill -9 that checks with 'finger foo', grepping idle 
> time, might be a good idea. First get the pts, say 'pts/2', then check it 
> with ps -ef | grep 'pts/2'. Then decide whether to for logout.
> 
> 
timeoutd could work also I guess.

http://www-linux.gsi.de/linux-doc/timeoutd/

http://www-linux.gsi.de/linux-doc/timeoutd/README

An other alternative is to use porttime.

http://www.zevils.com/cgi-bin/man/man2html?porttime+5

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