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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:48:15 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> I've exported TMOUT=1200 to make sure an absent minded colleague does |
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> not leave his console logged in as root and walk away. |
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> This has the desired effect - except that when I am su'd in via SSH it |
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> also kicks in and logs me out midstream whatever I have been doing at |
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> the time. |
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Where do you set this, in the profile/bashrc? You could test $SSH_TTY |
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before setting the variable, so it is not set for SSH logins. I use a |
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similar method to give a different prompt for SSH sessions. |
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[[ -n "${SSH_TTY}" ]] || export TMOUT=1200 |
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Neil Bothwick |
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