Hi Dianne, I have checked checked bash --verbose and TMOUT=0 The timeout only happens on the dumb terminal plugged in via a serial port and not on the console. Have tried adding a long timeout on the agetty command line in inattab with no luck. What else can I try?
Thanks Gary. On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 22:38, Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > hi gary > > check out an environment variable TMOUT from your > system's /etc/profile or your own profile ~/.profile. > > its the one that controls logging out when there was > no activity for a period of time. > > man bash to know more about it. > > hth > dianne > > --- Gary Hodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I use a dumb terminal to login and run a menu script > > as root. > > After a short period of no activity the session is > > automatically logged > > out. > > How can I stop this or increase the time before auto > > logout? > > > > Thanks > > Gary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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