Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:42:37 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: idletime in login.conf Message-ID: <20111031194237.GA65734@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <201110311912.p9VJBvFL058118@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <20111031182532.GF82316@eggman.experts-exchange.com> <201110311912.p9VJBvFL058118@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 08:11:57PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey thus spake: >Hi, >Reference: >> From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> >> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:25:32 -0700 >> Message-id: <20111031182532.GF82316@eggman.experts-exchange.com> > >Jason Helfman wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:09:34AM -0500, Dan Nelson thus spake: >> >In the last episode (Oct 31), Damien Fleuriot said: >> >> On 30 Oct 2011, at 16:45, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > List, >> >> > >> >> > Goal: Automatically logoff users that are idle after 'x' minutes. >> >> > >> >> > Attempt: I added this to /etc/login.conf to the default login class: >> >> > >> >> > :idletime=10m: >> >> > >> >> > I then rebuilt the database: >> >> > >> >> > cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf >> >> > >> >> > Problem: It doesn't work. The 'w' command shows users idle for 20 >> >> > minutes or more. I'm missing something. Other than an autologout shell >> >> > variables, how do I force idle users to logout? >> >> >> >> Are these users that logged in after or before your change ? >> >> >> >> Obviously the idle timeout only applies to users who logged in after you >> >> adjusted the value and rebuilt the db. >> > >> >Actually, the idle timeout is not implemented in the base system. It's >> >there in case someone writes a 3rd-party module that does idle detection. >> >See the login.conf manpage: >> > >> >RESERVED CAPABILITIES >> > The following capabilities are reserved for the purposes indicated and >> > may be supported by third-party software. They are not implemented in >> > the base system. >> >[...] >> > idletime time Maximum idle time before logout. >> > >> > >> You may want to look into /usr/ports/sysutils/doinkd for this. I use it on >> many systems, and it works remarkable well, and it is highly configurable. >> >> -jgh >> >> -- >> Jason Helfman >> System Administrator > >That was a useful tip, but people (inc. self) will not remember. >Suggestion: use send-pr to submit a diff to add > SEE ALSO ports/sysutils/doinkd >to man login.conf > >Cheers, >Julian > I don't believe doinkd respects the values of login.conf, however you may use those values for what is configurable for doinkd. I don't believe it is the correct place in a base man page for mentioning a port in the FreeBSD tree, or in at least this case. If you feel it is, feel free to send in a problem report. I, myself, will not be filing a report for this item. -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5
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