Automatic Logout after inactivity from KDE

jst1 · 02-22-2005, 10:44 PM

Automatic Logout after inactivity from KDE Suse 9.2
In a shared workstation situation (at home) it would be nice to have all users logout of KDE automatically after a period of inactivity (like Windows XP), and return the display to the logon screen. Is there a way for root to modify each user profile, or is there a global setting? Sorry for such a basic question; I am having trouble finding on this site as well as SUSE.

THANKS!

Sepero · 02-23-2005, 12:09 AM

It was actually pretty difficult for me to find this. I recommend you bookmark it, or you may never see it again.

http://webcvs.kde.org/kdelibs/kdecor...1=1.51&r2=1.52

Code:

Automatic Logout
  	 ================
  	 
  	 Since KDE 3.4 it is possible to automatically logout users that have been idle
  	 for a certain period of time.
  	 
  	 WARNING: Be careful with this option, logging out a user may result in dataloss!
  	 
  	 In kdesktoprc you can use the following entry to enable automatic logout:
  	 
  	 [ScreenSaver]
  	 AutoLogout=true
  	 AutoLogoutTimeout=600
  	 
  	 The AutoLogoutTimeout is the time in seconds that the user has to be idle before
  	 his session is logged out.

uman · 02-23-2005, 01:28 AM

that's a pretty nice feature, too bad it's not available in kde 3.3.2.