About the Timeout

Hello everyone
I am a new one,I want to know how to get the solaris force the loginer out if he do not in a time
thanks

It is said that it should edit the .profile ,
But i don not known how do, do you know......

lyh003473,

Are you asking how to force a user to logout after a designated idle timeout? If you are using telnet, you can use the TMOUT environment variable. Take a look at the following:

http://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8542&highlight=idle+timeout

If you are using Secure Shell (ssh) - which should be the case, you can use ClientAliveInterval - read the man page for sshd_config.

Please remember to search the forums before asking questions.

Cheers,

Keith

thank you ,Kduffin
I known

In all ,The ksh and bash can use the "TMOUT" to force the user out in a time,The sh and csh can not