[gentoo-user] Conditional TMOUT variable

[gentoo-user] Conditional TMOUT variable

[Mick]

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Hi All,

I've exported TMOUT=1200 to make sure an absent minded colleague does not 
leave his console logged in as root and walk away.

This has the desired effect - except that when I am su'd in via SSH it also 
kicks in and logs me out midstream whatever I have been doing at the time.  
Is there something to take account of user activity before allowing TMOUT to 
kick in?
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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Conditional TMOUT variable

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:48:15 +0000, Mick wrote:

> I've exported TMOUT=1200 to make sure an absent minded colleague does
> not leave his console logged in as root and walk away.
> 
> This has the desired effect - except that when I am su'd in via SSH it
> also kicks in and logs me out midstream whatever I have been doing at
> the time. 

Where do you set this, in the profile/bashrc? You could test $SSH_TTY
before setting the variable, so it is not set for SSH logins. I use a
similar method to give a different prompt for SSH sessions.

[[ -n "${SSH_TTY}" ]] || export TMOUT=1200

 
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Neil Bothwick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Conditional TMOUT variable

[Mick]

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On Sunday 30 November 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:48:15 +0000, Mick wrote:
> > I've exported TMOUT=1200 to make sure an absent minded colleague does
> > not leave his console logged in as root and walk away.
> >
> > This has the desired effect - except that when I am su'd in via SSH it
> > also kicks in and logs me out midstream whatever I have been doing at
> > the time.
>
> Where do you set this, in the profile/bashrc? 

No, only in /root/.bashrc.

> You could test $SSH_TTY 
> before setting the variable, so it is not set for SSH logins. I use a
> similar method to give a different prompt for SSH sessions.
>
> [[ -n "${SSH_TTY}" ]] || export TMOUT=1200

Thanks, I entered this and I think it works (not sure I spent enough time 
online to be certain).  Time will tell, ha!
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Regards,
Mick

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