 | | | Disconnecting idle users | Disconnecting idle users 2005-06-15 - By John Newbigin
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'remote user' is a bit vague. This will set bash to autologout. Only
works if you are looking at a bash prompt:
echo TMOUT=14400 > /etc/profile.d/timeout.sh
chmod a+x /etc/profile.d/timeout.sh
John.
Lee Whatley, Contractor wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I've been asked to investigate ways to disconnect remote users on some
> RHEL v3 machines. Specifically, I need to automatically disconnect a
> remote user if:
> 1.) they have been connected for longer than 24 hours (regardless of
> activity)
> 2.) they have been idle for 4 hours
>
> It would also be nice if I could specifically exclude users or groups
> from this policy, but its not necessary. Google turns up a few
> applications: idled, autolog, piddle, etc. but all of these apps stopped
> being maintained ages ago. Are there any facilities built into RHEL v3
> to do what I want? If not, does anyone have any recommendations?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Lee
>
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