 | | | Disconnecting idle users | Disconnecting idle users 2005-06-16 - By John Haxby
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Lee Whatley, Contractor wrote:
> I don't think the bash TMOUT variable would work because the user
> could just unset this variable to circumvent being logged out.
typeset -r TMOUT=14400
You can still wriggle round it though, eg "exec bash", but then I've not
come across an idle timeout mechanism that isn't reset like that.
Years ago we had a running battle between ever more elaborate "idle
timeout" mechanisms and users working out ways to defeat them. The
users won.
jch
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