Re: autologout with CDE
From: Chuck Geigner (rgvac_at_chux0r.org)
Date: 08/21/03
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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 17:01:43 -0500
Ilya wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a problem that I am sure many of you have faced and, hopefully,
> tackled successfully...
>
> I am trying to find a way to automatically logout a user from a CDE
> session after a certain amount of inactivity time. First the screen
> should be locked and then, after a little while, reset to the dtlogin.
>
> The first part - locking the screen - is easily done with the lock
> feature of the screen saver. However, I was unsuccessful in finding an
> answer to the second part of the task - logging the user out.
>
> I have read about the 'autologout' variable in csh/tcsh, that logs out
> inactive login sessions. But this seems not to be working with CDE
> sessions.
>
> Is there a standard way of enforcing autologout for idling CDE users? I
> am using Solaris 8.
Not sure about Solaris/CDE, but the TMOUT variable in either the master
/etc/profile or a user's personal profile will automatically log out
people logged into a text console (ssh telnet etc)
Not sure if that would work for a GUI session though...
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