Passwords-timeout restrictions

[Tom Gore]

I there a way to log somebody out of the system after a certain period of inactivity? Example: the user has not hit "Enter" for 30 minutes.

Thanks

[Steve Steel · Accepted solution]

Hi


Set variable TMOUT

TMOUT
If this parameter is set to a value greater than zero and you do not enter another command or Return within that number of seconds, the shell terminates.


Steve Steel

[Tom Gore]

Thanks. Now for a pretty dumb question. Where can I find that parameter? I have not worked with UNIX for a while and my mind is a little fuzzy.

[Rainer von Bongartz]

set it system wide in /etc/profile or specific for a user in $HOME/.profile for every user


Regards
Rainer

[Marco Santerre]

Tom,

TMOUT is a pre-defined shell variable, just like PATH. It has a default value of 0, therefore never logging out anybody. if you include it in the general /etc/profile, or in the different .profile, it will log out these individuals after so many seconds after they last pressed enter.

[Paul Sperry]

Add a timeout on the terminal, with getty -t

[Steve Steel]

Hi

Explained at

http://docs.cup.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90046/B2355-90046_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90046/00/00/72-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90046/00/00/72-toc.html&searchterms=TMOUT&queryid=20030211-071743


Steve Steel