timeout

[himacs]

HI admins,

how to set timeout in /etc/progile file.I need to set the same with 60 seconds.

regards
himacs

[Mel Burslan · Accepted solution]

export TMOUT=60

insert it into /etc/profile

HTH

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

You can put this way also in your .profile
export TMOUT=60

or

TMOUT=60
export $TMOUT

Suraj

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

If you want to establish a timeout that cannot be overridden by the user, use this in the '/etc/profile' for Posix and Korn shells:

# readonly TMOUT=60;export TMOUT

Remember that the timeout begins only when the shell is at the PS1 prompt.

Regards!

...JRF...

[OldSchool]

also see this thread:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1348200


as JRF noted, this only applies when a user is sitting at the command prompt. If they are idle in an application or shell script, its not going to work.