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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!peer-news.britain.eu.net!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp-oslo.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.kth.se!tybalt.admin.kth.se!merope.saaf.se!electra.saaf.se!not-for-mail From: gorhas@electra.saaf.se (G|ran Hasse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Auto logout disable? Date: 23 Dec 1995 00:00:11 +0100 Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4bfd9r$aid@electra.saaf.se> References: <4b6361$5f7@news.bluemoon.net> <199512192338.AA06431@Sysiphos> <Pine.BSF.3.91.951219213127.4100B-100000@news.bluemoon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: electra.saaf.se In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.951219213127.4100B-100000@news.bluemoon.net>, The BOSS! <root@news.bluemoon.net> wrote: >On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Stefan Esser wrote: > >> In article <4b6361$5f7@news.bluemoon.net>, root@news.bluemoon.net (The BOSS!) writes: >> |> I was wonderring if anyone knows an easy way to make FreeBSD *NOT* logout >> |> a user for inactivity. I want to keep a "log user" logged into this >> |> machine to receive messages from syslog, but I haven't found anyplace to Why not make logging directly to one of the consols??? Edit /etc/syslogd.conf and instead of giving a file as a savingplace just write the name of one of the console devices. /dev/ttyv3 or someting... >> |> disable the auto-logout which always occurs. Anyone know where to look or >> |> how to keep that from happening? >> >> Auto logout ??? >> Well, you are SURE there is such a thing in FreeBSD ? :-) >> >> My best bet would be to look into the .login file of that >> log "user", and find the line that enables the auto-logout >> feature of his particular shell ... > >The shell is a stock tcsh and I see nothing in the .login file which >could cause this to happen. It's obnoxious as this machine is used for >nothing but mail. > >J. Henry Priebe Jr., root@net.bluemoon.net, sysop@bbs.bluemoon.net, >newsmaster@news.bluemoon.net and the wearer of all hats for all occasions! >