Re: Idle session logout

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

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    Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:21:43 -0400
To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com

    Andy Smith wrote:
    > Mark wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> Will that work for users that do not use sh/bash? It is also
    >> possible for the user to set (or unset) this value to something
    >> else.
    >>
    >> namaste, Mark
    >>
    >>
    >
    > That may be true on some systems I suppose, but on my Mandrake 10 box
    > TMOUT is a readonly variable. If I try to 'export TMOUT=12345' it
    > fails with:
    >
    > bash: TMOUT: readonly variable

    That's so a user can't reset their own timeout. The intention is that
    it be controlled by the admin. It's likely set to readonly in
    /etc/profile or some such file. 

    -- 
Until later, Geoffrey
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