On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 18:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> hi, 
> 
>  afaik, users cant override TMOUT variable once it has been set. you can set 
> it in the default profile and be assured that it will be implemented for all 
> users. i might be wrong though. 

I'm afraid you're wrong. As I've said it's just the default profile.
Users can override the /etc/profile by setting their own environment
variable (TMOUT in this case) in .bash_profile or .bashrc file. 

> 
> ciao! 
> 
> Mike Liguit writes: 
> 
> > /etc/profile is the default profile. Meaning other user's will also have
> > a TMOUT value as everybody unless overwritten by their .bash_profile 
> > 
> > 
> <snip>
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