Re: Idle session logout

From: Geoffrey (esoteric_at_3times25.net)
Date: 10/25/04

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    Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:19:48 -0400
To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com

    Andy Smith wrote:
    > Sanjeev B.S. wrote:
    >
    >>> try to set TMOUT=<seconds> in /etc/profile.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> TMOUT works only for bash shell users, isn't it? May be running a
    >> simple shell script with kill -9 that checks with 'finger foo',
    >> grepping idle time, might be a good idea. First get the pts, say
    >> 'pts/2', then check it with ps -ef | grep 'pts/2'. Then decide whether
    >> to for logout.
    >>
    >
    > This solution would require the finger deamon to be running which just
    > opens another can of security worms :-)

    Use the output from 'who -Tu' instead of finger? 

    -- 
Until later, Geoffrey
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