Re: How to idle out a linux user.

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx forced the electrons to say:
> 
> I want to know how to automatically idle-out a user. I want to know how to
> set the idle-time. I am not talking about /etc/porttime.

If your users are using bash, then

declare -xr TMOUT=600

in /etc/bashrc will time out the user in 10 minutes (ie, 600
seconds). There will be similar methods for other shells as well.

Binand.

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#include <stdio.h>                                   | Binand Raj S.
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