idle timeout for linux console

car182 · 10-17-2006, 03:58 PM

Hello everyone, I had a question about Linux console timeout.

Does anyone know how to configure for terminals (tty1, tty2, etc) to force a timeout on a user that has been idle (inactive) for XX minutes?
A couple of points

(1) we aren't using Xwindows
(2) this is not for SSH/telnet, this is for the console sessions

Thanks in advance..

chadl · 10-17-2006, 05:43 PM

With a quick google I found this page:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/sys...le/!INDEX.html

The program "idled" that is listed looks like it does what you want from a quick look through the source code. Note that I have not actually tried the program, so use at your own risk.