Telnet Idle time 2

[mattyjenks]

I want to setup a Telnet Idle time to disconnect telnet clients after a certain period of time. How do i do this?

 

[NavinB]

Hi,

To force a user-id to automatically logout if it is idle
for 30 minutes.(30*60=1800sec)
Edit the following in .profile of that user-id
TMOUT=1800; export TMOUT

I hope this helps....

 

[mattyjenks]

Where do i find this .profile file?

 

[KenCunningham]

The .profile is located in the user's home directory - probably something like /export/home/<username> if you're following the usual Solaris conventions. You can see whether it's there using ls -la (to show 'hidden' files too).

You can check a user's home directory by looking at their entry in /etc/passwd.

Hope this helps.

 

[mattyjenks]

Although these have been helpful i need some more infomation do i need to reboot the machine to take effect as im X-)

 

[KenCunningham]

You shouldn't need to reboot as the changes to the .profile will take place the next time the user in question logs in. HTH.

 

[FarahRegal]

You shouldn't need to reboot as the changes to the .profile.
You can source
For example
. ./.profile for Sh
. ./.kshrc for kshrc
source ~/.cshrc for cshrc .

Farah regal
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