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autolog

AUTOLOG(8)                                                    System Manager's Manual                                                   AUTOLOG(8)

NAME

       autolog - Log out idle users

SYNOPSIS

       autolog [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       The program reads the utmp file, entry by entry.  The username for each 'user process' is compared to the entries in the configuration file
       (see autolog.conf(5) ).  The first entry to match both the name, the group, and the tty line of the process will be  used  to  conduct  the
       automatic logout.

CALL

       /etc/init.d/autolog start
       or
       autolog
              to run this program in daemon-mode

       autolog -o
              to  run  this  program as "ordinary" program.  Keep in mind: Also when running as ordinary program, it will stay in memory until all
              its jobs are done.

OPTIONS

       -a     (all processes) Print information on ALL utmp entries--not just user processes.

       -d     (debug mode) This is helpful in setting up your configuration file.  The program runs in  foreground  rather  than  forking  and  it
              prints out verbose messages about what it is doing.

       -n     (nokill)  Use  this  to  prevent  autolog from actually "killing" anyone. Use -d and -n together when setting up a new configuration
              file.  ( This will not affect killing of lost processes. )

       -o     (ordinary) Use this to run this program as ordinary program, not as daemon. Program will end, when its job is done.  In  this  case,
              some data is kept in "/var/lib/autolog/autolog.data". This is read, when the program is called again.

       -f config_file_name
              Use this to override the default: "/etc/autolog.conf"

       -l log_file_name
              Use this to override the default: "/var/log/autolog.log".  Note that if this file doesn't exist, no logging will happen.  Create the
              file (with touch) to enable logging.

       -t idle_time
              Use this to override the internal default idle time (minutes)

       -g grace_period
              Use this to override the internal default grace period (seconds)

       -m yes/no
              Use this to override the internal mailing switch.  If "yes" the program will send mail to the users right after killing them.

       -c yes/no
              Use this to override the internal "pre-clear" switch.  If "yes" the program will clear the terminal screen before warning the user.

       -w yes/no
              Do timeouts based on total session time--not idle time. (hard)

       -l yes/no
              If set to "yes" activities will be written to the logfile if present.

AUTHOR

       Kyle Bateman <kyle@actarg.com> (autolog 0.35),
       Carsten Juerges <juerges@cip-bau.uni-hannover.de>
                                         (autolog 0.40)

       This manual page was modified for Debian by Paul Telford <pxt@debian.org>

Linux                                                        Administrative Utilities                                                   AUTOLOG(8)

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