Re: logged out automatically because of excess idle time
I am using tcsh, and I put "unset autologout" in to /etc/csh.login.
However, my session got killed again just a while ago. Is what I did
for the autologout variable correct? One thing I noticed is that
autologout will log the session out in almost exactly the number of
minutes set by autologout, and displayed the message "auto-logout".
But my system logged me out without the message (it did send a mail
from root to me with subject "excess idle time"), and it only happened
at **:*0 (12:10, 18:50, etc.).
Thanks.
On Sun, 26 Jul 1998 servis@purdue.edu wrote:
> |
> | echo $TMOUT
> |
> | >From the bash manpage:
> |
> | TMOUT If set to a value greater than zero, the value is
> | interpreted as the number of seconds to wait for
> | input after issuing the primary prompt. Bash ter
> | minates after waiting for that number of seconds if
> | input does not arrive.
> |
>
>
> For tcsh shell the autologout variable controls the same thing.
>
> And from the tcsh man page:
>
> autologout (+)
> The first word is the number of minutes of inac
> tivity before automatic logout. The optional sec
> ond word is the number of minutes of inactivity
> before automatic locking. When the shell automat
> ically logs out, it prints `auto-logout', sets the
> variable logout to `automatic' and exits. When
> the shell automatically locks, the user is
> required to enter his password to continue work
> ing. Five incorrect attempts result in automatic
> logout. Set to `60' (automatic logout after 60
> minutes, and no locking) by default in login and
> superuser shells, but not if the shell thinks it
> is running under a window system (i.e. the DISPLAY
> environment variable is set), the tty is a pseudo-
> tty (pty) or the shell was not so compiled (see
> the version shell variable). See also the afsuser
> and logout shell variables.
>
> --
> Brian
>
> Mechanical Engineering servis@purdue.edu
> Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis
>
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