[techtalk] timing out an inactive user

[Jeff Frasca]

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On Sat, 27 May 2000, gabrielle wrote:

> I have a question for which I've not been able to find the answer.  I'd like
> to kick users off my linux box after they've been inactive for a certain
> period of time.
> 
> On Solaris, the following lines are in /etc/default/login:
> # TIMEOUT sets the number of seconds (between 0 and 900) to wait before
> # abandoning a login session.
> #
> TIMEOUT=300

It doesn't look like the linux version of Login handles this.  However,
tcsh supports an autologout feature.  You set the shell variable
`autologout' to the number of minutes of inactivity you want a user to
be booted.  There is one drawback to this, a user can simply reset the
variable and the inactivity limit goes away.

Jeff

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