Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!cmcl2!rna!n44a!wjh12!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-vgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-vgr.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Auto-logoff facility in Unix Message-ID: <1260@brl-vgr.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-May-84 21:32:13 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.1260 Posted: Wed May 2 21:32:13 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 13-May-84 07:32:14 EDT References: <379@hcrvax.UUCP>, <1209@brl-vgr.ARPA>, <885@elsie.UUCP> Lines: 5 No, asking for password again rather than logging out is not suitable for our environment (OS ports are a scarce commodity and we have to free up an idle line so the queued-up users can get through the port contention switch). I also don't think the shell has any business asking for your password.