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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: 60-second timeout in Unix login
Message-ID: <9467@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Nov-87 12:39:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 22 12:39:35 1987
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Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <4139@venera.isi.edu> cracraft@venera.isi.edu (Stuart
Cracraft) writes:
>The 60-second timeout in Unix login is not long enough.

The timeout in the 4.2/4.3BSD login program is stored in a global
variable called `timeout'; it can be altered with adb.  If you are
using a 4.2 or 4.3 derivative system, and the vendor has stripped
the /bin/login binary, without providing some alternate means of
changing the timeout, you have cause for complaint.  If you are
using 4.2 or 4.3 BSD, you have sources, and can do anything you like.
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