autologout

[Chakravarthi]

Hi all,

How to disable auto idle logout from linux, is there any configuration i need to change, i tried using export TMOUT=0, it doesnt work,

Any suggestions

regards
chakri

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,
You did not mention which shell you are using.
Assuming it is bash
put export TMOUT=0 line in .bash_profile file
under the user's home directory.

IF you are using csh then do this.
set autologout=0

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Chakravarthi]

Hi,
I'm using bash shell, i did put the export TMOUT=0 entry in .bash_profile. still it logs me out after some 30min,

is there any other file where you need to specify this

regards
chakri

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,
You are trying as which user ?
IF you are root , have you put .bash_history under /root ?

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[U.SivaKumar_2]

sorry , not .bash_history , .bash_profile

[Chakravarthi]

I have put the entry in /etc/bashrc, so it should effect all the users

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,
Ok. log in as any user with your config.
now
#echo $TMOUT
What is the output ?

regards,
U.SivaKumar