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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