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by **Tobias Vancur** » Sun, 29 Mar 1998 04:00:00

> Hi there,
> I was wondering if anyone knew if there was some way of automatically
> logging users off from a linux server after a certain period of inactivity.
> ATM, I've got users on my system, who never seem to log off, leaving the
> client machine open for anyone to tinker with. Hardly secure, is it ?
> Oh, the linux server in question is running Slackware 3.2.
> Hope you can help.
> --Paul

Try the autolog package, available at sunsite.

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by **Eugene Blanchar** » Mon, 30 Mar 1998 04:00:00

> > Hi there,

> > I was wondering if anyone knew if there was some way of automatically
> > logging users off from a linux server after a certain period of inactivity.

> > ATM, I've got users on my system, who never seem to log off, leaving the
> > client machine open for anyone to tinker with. Hardly secure, is it ?

> > Oh, the linux server in question is running Slackware 3.2.

> > Hope you can help.

> > --Paul

> Try the autolog package, available at sunsite.

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I used the idled package. It worked quite well. I did have some problems
installing the package. The Makefile stalled and I had to do some of the
install manually.

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Forcing users off the system after a certain period of inactivity

Forcing users off the system after a certain period of inactivity

Forcing users off the system after a certain period of inactivity