that error is only displayed when an attempt to reset the TMOUT variable is done. check the initialization scripts being run during log-in as you might be setting it twice (like if one of the startup scripts in your ~/.bash_profile runs the /etc/profile)
shot in the dark but who knows... ;-) ciao! william villanueva wrote: > > Hi, > > I used to add this line to /etc/profile: > > export TMOUT=600 > > which should automatically logout a user for inactivity. I've used this > with slackware and from Mandrake 7 to 8.1. But somehow, its no longer > working with Mandrake 8.2. > > When one logs in now, it says: > > bash: TMOUT: readonly variable > > Does anybody have an idea what maybe causing this? > > Thanks! > > God bless. > > William > ================================ icq #8313012 ==== > I pretend to work, they pretend to pay me > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." ============================= Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 637-4634 loc. 75 Fax# 637-4679 Registered Linux User #246176 ============================= _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
