Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: Re: Re: Automatic Logout Process Message-ID: <415@baylor.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 11:16:28 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.415 Posted: Fri Aug 16 11:16:28 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 08:34:08 EDT References: <6@andromeda.UUCP> <264@sesame.UUCP> <958@rayssd.UUCP> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 18 > > I would suspect that a mod to the tty driver would be appro. (Fake out > > DTR/CD going inactive on timeout.) Due to the needed location, this > > is highly system dependent. > > Please dont change the tty driver to log out idle users!!!!!!! > The simplest thing that can be done is to add an enforced timeout > mechanism to the shells. Obviously this is only possible if you > have a source license. The changes are fairly simple and have Naw. Just replace "/bin/sh" or "/bin/csh" in /etc/passwd with a program that sets an alarm & execs the appropriate shell. Since neither shell to my knowledge catches signal 14 this will dump the shell at that time. I discovered this when trying to get around an enforced timout mechanism in the shell at Berkeley. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian werewolf) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076