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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Auto logout disable? References: <4b6361$5f7@news.bluemoon.net> <199512192338.AA06431@Sysiphos> <Pine.BSF.3.91.951219213127.4100B-100000@news.bluemoon.net> Organization: Mordor International Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 05:20:31 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <DJvDI7.230@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 36 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 : > |> 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. Don't forget to also check: /etc/csh.cshrc /etc/csh.login ~/.cshrc Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451