On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:37:17 +0000, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:59:33 +0000, michael > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>michael wrote: > >> > >>>I can't see any discussion on this list of the merits (or otherwise!) of > >>>timeoutd or autolog (or better equivalent)... thoughts? > >>>Michael running on > >>> 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Fri Sep 3 06:34:36 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux > >> > >>Actually autolog doesn't do what it claims. I logged in to a console > >>(alt-F2) and left it overnight, doing nothing, and never got logged out... > >> > > > > > > Do you want your user to automatically logout if idle after a certain > > amount of time? > > yes >
If you use bash or zsh, set or export the TMOUT env variable to a non zero value, this should be the number of seconds of max idle time... Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
