mark@hcrvax.UUCP (Mark Ashworth) (04/26/84)
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Does anyone know about or have a facility implemented on Unix Version 7
or System V to Auto-logoff users in the system who have been idle for a
period of time? Suggestions on how to implement such a facility would
be very welcome also.
Please send mail to: {utzoo,utcsrgv,decvax,cbosgd,ihnp4}!hcr!hcrvax!mark
Thank-you in advance
Mark Ashworthgwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (05/02/84)
Our version of the Bourne shell will timeout the user if he doesn't respond to a PS1 prompt within a specified amount of time. The environment variable TIMEOUT contains the allowed time in minutes. Obviously this is not user-proof and in fact setting TIMEOUT=0 will disable the feature. The intention is to terminate the shell on an "abandoned" terminal, like when a fellow goes home for the day and forgot to log out first.
ado@elsie.UUCP (05/02/84)
Our version of the Bourne shell will timeout the user if he (sic) doesn't respond to a PS1 prompt within a specified amount of time. The environment variable TIMEOUT contains the allowed time in minutes. Obviously this is not user-proof and in fact setting TIMEOUT=0 will disable the feature. The intention is to terminate the shell on an "abandoned" terminal, like when a fellow (sic) goes home for the day and forgot to log out first. Would requiring users to type in their passwords (rather than logging them out) be preferable in a set-up like this? -- UNIX is an AT&T Bell Laboratories trademark. -- UUCP: decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!elsie!ado DDD: (301) 496-5688
gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (05/03/84)
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.