Terminal timeout

[warmongr]

Anyone know of a system setting that will terminate a terminal session after a duration of time?

War

 

[thedaver]

yes

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[thedaver]

Sorry, just having fun.

Which terminal software are you speaking of? There are tons of software products that create terminal sessions.

Also, are you in XWindows/X11 or pure text terminal session?

What do you want to happen at the timeout?

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[warmongr]

Thanks thedaver. Must have been a post-good-coffee moment. I guess my post was a little vague however at the time it made perfect sense to me. Here are some more specifics.

If logged in to a session in run level 3 with no activity for a predefined period of time, the session will terminate and return the session to a log in prompt.

For XWindows/X11 a screensaver with a requirement for a password to continue working will meet the requirement. Also ssh sessions can be configured with parameters in the sshd config.

Thanks,
N

 

[SamBones]

Look for an environment variable [tt]TMOUT[/tt]. Some shells use this to timeout sessions. If it is set to say 300, the session will log itself out after 5 minutes of inactivity (300 seconds = 5 minutes).