[PLUG] Debian auto logout?

Anthony Schlemmer aschlemm at attbi.com
Fri Sep 6 20:19:01 UTC 2002


What shell do you use? I know the "csh/tcsh" shells have an "autologout" 
shell variable that specifies the amount of inactivity in minutes that 
must occur before a user is automatically logged out. I'm not sure if 
bash has this feature or not.

Tony

On Friday 06 September 2002 12:52 pm, Richard Steffens wrote:
> Does Debian have a feature that logs out a user who had been inactive
> for some period of time? Last night, I started apt-get install cupsys
> and let it run overnight. I found a login screen this morning. I
> logged in and found that cups is running. I opened the documentation
> via http://localhost.... and started reading. I had to go out for a
> few hours. When I came back, I found another login screen.
>
> I assume this is part of the paranoid security model, which I agree
> makes sense in a more public setting. However, I don't need it here
> at home. What is this feature called, and where do I look for the
> configuration options to change it?
>
> Thanks in advance.

-- 
Anthony Schlemmer
aschlemm at attbi.com
>>>>This machine was last rebooted:   6 days 16:09 hours ago<<





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