On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 06:53:13PM +0800, Brian Baquiran wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >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. > > Sure they can override it. Do a simple test > $ export TMOUT=10 > $ export TMOUT=60 > > Then wait until BASH logs you out a minute later.
You can't if you declare the variable as readonly. e.g. readonly TMOUT=3600 # readonly declare -ar BASH_VERSINFO='([0]="2" [1]="05b" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release" [5]="i586-mandrake-linux-gnu")' declare -ir EUID="0" declare -ir PPID="7537" declare -r SHELLOPTS="braceexpand:hashall:histexpand:interactive-comments:monitor:vi" declare -rx TMOUT="0" declare -ir UID="0" # export TMOUT=20 -bash: TMOUT: readonly variable -- $_=q:; # SHERWIN # 70;72;69;6e;74;20; 27;4a;75;73;74;20; 61;6e;6f;74;68;65; 72;20;50;65;72;6c; 20;6e;6f;76;69;63; 65;27;:;;s=~?(..); ?=pack q$C$,hex$1; ;;;=egg;;;;eval;;; -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
