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From: jack@hpindda.HP.COM (Jack Repenning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Problems with hpterm
Message-ID: <4310081@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Dec 89 04:52:09 GMT
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Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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If you problem is not the autologout business, then it's not a problem
that I've ever seen or heard of, and I keep windows open (including
console windows such as you describe) for days and days, in
essentially the same kind of system as you describe.  Under the
assumption, then, that we're dealing with an autologout situation,
I'll also point out that the autologout business can also happen to a
user whose shell is /bin/ksh.  In this case, it's controlled by the
variable TMOUT.  From the on-line man page for ksh:

	  TMOUT		 If set to a value greater than zero, the
			 shell will terminate if a command is not
			 entered within the prescribed number of
			 seconds after issuing the PS1 prompt.	(Note
			 that the shell can be compiled with a maximum
			 bound for this value which cannot be
			 exceeded.)


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