Comments on: Automatically Logout SSH Sessions After Period of Inactivity http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/03/02/automatically-logout-ssh-sessions-after-period-of-inactivity/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kirrus http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/03/02/automatically-logout-ssh-sessions-after-period-of-inactivity/#comment-7980 Kirrus Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:09:22 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=965#comment-7980 At my work, we need to have these shells, working on so many servers... What we have is a policy that you lock your workstation as soon as you leave (CTRL-L on the keyboard). If you don't lock your workstation, what often happens is nasty things happens to your machine (vi is symlinked to less, etc) or certain emails are sent to company lists (I resign, I'm gay, Hate me goood gramar an spelin i do etc) It's very effective, at allowing us to keep shells open to servers for a long time, whilst reducing the chance of them being abused by someone else :) At my work, we need to have these shells, working on so many servers…

What we have is a policy that you lock your workstation as soon as you leave (CTRL-L on the keyboard).

If you don’t lock your workstation, what often happens is nasty things happens to your machine (vi is symlinked to less, etc) or certain emails are sent to company lists (I resign, I’m gay, Hate me goood gramar an spelin i do etc)

It’s very effective, at allowing us to keep shells open to servers for a long time, whilst reducing the chance of them being abused by someone else :)

]]> By: Jeff Schroeder http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/03/02/automatically-logout-ssh-sessions-after-period-of-inactivity/#comment-7979 Jeff Schroeder Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:40:23 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=965#comment-7979 And another way is to edit /etc/profile or /etc/bashrc. In it put: readonly TMOUT=300 Then login as a user and try to change your TMOUT variable. And another way is to edit /etc/profile or /etc/bashrc.

In it put:
readonly TMOUT=300

Then login as a user and try to change your TMOUT variable.

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