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Old 07-30-2004
Canīt logout to user inactive
I have SCO OpenServer release 5

I used TIMEOUT and TMOUT in .profile but I donīt Know if is correctly

WND=/usr/synergy/dbl
DTKMAPFIL=/u/ics/icsdat/icsmap.ics
umask 000 # set file creation mask
TMOUT=300; export TMOUT
eval 'tset -s'
export PATH MAIL HOME DBLDIR AP DEV HIS ICS ICSDAT ICSRPT ICSLIB DTKMAPFIL WND
stty intr ^C
Last edited by lalox; 07-30-2004 at 08:03 PM..
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Old 07-31-2004
What shell are you running? In the Korn Shell, TMOUT defines the number of seconds the shell remains inactive before it terminates. That is to say, the shell has to be inactive (dont touch the keyboard!) for the number of seconds you define before a logout will occur.
 
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