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From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd>
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To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: idletime in login.conf
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On 30 Oct 2011, at 16:45, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote:

> List,
>=20
> Goal: Automatically logoff users that are idle after 'x' minutes.
>=20
> Attempt: I added this to /etc/login.conf to the default login class:
>=20
>    :idletime=3D10m:
>=20
> I then rebuilt the database:
>=20
>    cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
>=20
> Problem: It doesn't work. The 'w' command shows users idle for 20 minutes o=
r
> more. I'm missing something. Other than an autologout shell variables, how=
 do I
> force idle users to logout?
>=20

Are these users that logged in after or before your change ?

Obviously the idle timeout only applies to users who logged in after you adj=
usted the value and rebuilt the db.=