Thanks to everybody for all your help! Vlock is exactly what I was looking for. On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 15:26 -0700, Ryan Meldrum wrote: > Shawn Badger wrote: > > 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? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > You might want to try vlock. This will lock console sessions as well as > telent/ssh sessions. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss