Re: Telnet Idle Timeout

Hi Galea,

Glad i could be of assistance :)

allthough i'm not a bash expert but the impression which i get however is
that
its built in and not alterable, i mean, you can set it in the profile but
not alter
it interactively.. I havent checked this behaviour yet though so i might be
wrong here... but you cant be too carefull these day's anyway..

greetings,

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Galea Gilbert" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 8:56 AM
Subject: RE: Telnet Idle Timeout


> thanks a lot Ralph. I have managed to work it out by using the following:
> for bash & korn shells I included the following in /etc/profile
>
> readonly TMOUT=1800
> export TMOUT

> I set it as readonly to avoid users trying to change it's value, including
> root. However anybody can do unset TMOUT but that's between us :))

> for tcsh I included the following in /etc/csh.cshrc
>
> set autologout=30
>
> This ensures 30 minutes of idle activity before ending the session.
>
> Best regards,
> Gilbert
>
<snip orignal message cut, question on how to set TMOUT in bash and
referral to the TMOUT var in bash 'man bash' fmi>