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On Sunday 30 November 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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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? |
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No, only in /root/.bashrc. |
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> 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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Thanks, I entered this and I think it works (not sure I spent enough time |
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online to be certain). Time will tell, ha! |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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