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ryanlum

08-07-2007 03:16 AM

Linux Terminal Session Time Out

Hey guyz,

I am using a putty terminal.. but if the terminal is idle for like 5 min
how do i set it to time out?

prasanthhs

08-07-2007 04:00 AM

Re:Putty Timeout

The timeout value can't be set on per application or per session basis i guess...

For further info refer

http://putty.thaiweb.net/faq.html

avijitp

08-07-2007 06:48 AM

In the .bash_profile file of the user append the following :

Quote:

TMOUT=600
export TMOUT

TMOUT value is in seconds.

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