If they're using bash or ksh, you could set the TMOUT variable in /etc/profile or their .profile to some value greater than 0. From the bash manpage: TMOUT If set to a value greater than zero, the value is interpreted as the number of seconds to wait for input after issuing the primary prompt. Bash terminates after waiting for that number of seconds if input does not arrive. ~Jeff On Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:31 PM, sundar narayanasamy wrote: > I have lot of user who log in and don't bother to logoff. Is > there a way I could kill their session.