You can place the definition of the environment variable TMOUT in SSH configuration files, so it will be applied only to ssh sessions. You can use files /etc/ssh/sshrc, ~/.ssh/rc (per user), ~/.ssh/environment (per user, you will need to enable it in sshd_config). Alexey Fadyushin Brainbench MVP for Linux http://www.brainbench.com > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:50 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: automatic logout > > Maybe you could try something like this in /etc/profile: > > if (grep sshd /proc/$PPID/cmdline >/dev/null 2>&1); then > export TMOUT=whatever > fi > > > Bill Tangren wrote: > > I am required to configure my servers so that anyone who logs in via > > ssh or sftp > > will be logged out after 30 minutes of inactivity. I have looked > > through the > > openssh documentation and have seen nothing on how do to this > > (ClientAliveInterval doesn't seem to do this). Googling didn't help > > much either. I found an environment variable for the bash and ksh > > shells that I can put in /etc/profile: > > > > # export TMOUT=<timeout_in_seconds> > > > > and this works, but it unceremoniously dumps the connection. And, if > > you are > > logged in to the gui at the console, and you have terminal windows > > open (not > > using ssh) it will close those too. Again with no warning. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > Bill Tangren > > > > > > > > > > -- > Tom Hansen > Senior Information Processing Consultant > Great Lakes WATER Institute > tomh@xxxxxxx > www.glwi.uwm.edu > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
