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From: mjrx@ellis.uchicago.edu (Marty Ryan)
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Subject: Re: Is there a way to logout an inactive user after nn minutes?
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Date: 13 May 91 19:35:50 GMT
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In article <11395@ncar.ucar.edu> fredrick@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Tim Fredrick) writes:
>Re: AIX3.1.5, is there a way to logout an inactive user after nn minutes of
>inactivity?  This would help us to manage a situation where a terminal is
>shut off (via a network switch) but the user stays logged on.  Is there a
>PD utility to accomplish this?  Thanks.  --Tim
>

In the ksh, there is an environment variable, TMOUT, which specifies the
number of minutes the shell will wait inactive before exiting. If you
were to set this in /etc/profile, all ksh users would be handled. I don't
know if the csh has a similar construct.