How to stop auto-logout?
My machine logs me out after X hours. I don't mean logs out of ssh, I mean if I'm sitting at my machine, then leave for a couple hours, when I come back, I've been logged out & am back at the login screen. This doesn't bode well for the apps I run that take several hours to complete.
I don't have a TMOUT env var set, so it's happening somewhere else. I'm using gnome/metacity. Any ideas where I should look? |
I would start by taking a look at your .xsession-errors file in your home directory.
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Also take a look at your screensaver options in gnome. They might be messed up.
------------------ Steve Stites |
hmm... good ideas, but no lock so far:
Code:
cat .xsession-errors I'm using the gnome screensaver so there aren't too many options there. FWIW, this is a company-wide setting that our last admin put in place. He left in a hurry & didn't bother documenting anything like this, so I'm trying to find & remove this setting as its interfering with more than just my work. |
For the record, if anyone else comes across this, the auto-logout feature (in my case) was a custom deal made by our former admin that was tied into several site-wide applications & was rooted in a python deamon.
It's loads of fun uncovering all this custom, undocumented functionality. :p |
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