Terminal locking

[der.hans]

Am 18. Oct, 2005 schwätzte Shawn Badger so:

> I need to find a way to lock a users terminal after a set period of
> inactivity. It has to work regardless of how the user connects the
> system. I know of the TMOUT variable, but I need it ask the user for
> there password again to reconnect to the same session instead of just
> closing the session. Any ideas on how to do this?

There used to be an idled, but I don't see it now in the debian packages.

I do, however, see autolog and timeoutd.

Description: Terminates connections for idle users

Description: Flexible user timeout daemon with X11 support

People can easily reset TMOUT, so that really doesn't buy you anything.

ciao,

der.hans
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