TMOUT

2009-01-20 Thread Mike McGrath
Hey guys, so we talked about this... well, a long time ago and decided to do it but it never got implemented. So I'm going to implement it now and its likely going to cause some people pain for now. I'm going to set the default bash TMOUT value to 32400 (9 hours). If you need to overwrite

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-23 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Mike McGrath wrote: Trying to prevent stuff like this: XXX pts/7XXX 06Jul08 10:11 0.06s 0.10s sshd: XXX [priv] ^^^ holy moly :) holy alright -Jeroen ___

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-23 Thread Mike McGrath
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Jorge Bras wrote: Hi there, If people start using screen they just have to reconnect, et voila, continue to work. At least for me, screen was the solution. just my 2 cents. Even in screen's case it'd kill the session during the timeout, unless someone unset $TMOUT

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-23 Thread Ricky Zhou
SSH session, the next time I reattach, I lose my SSH agent, and that means having to type SSH passwords repeatedly until I completely destroy and reconstruct the screen session. Even in screen's case it'd kill the session during the timeout, unless someone unset $TMOUT Perhaps thats what

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-23 Thread Jared Brothers
2008/7/23 Ricky Zhou [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2008-07-23 09:07:58 AM, Mike McGrath wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Jorge Bras wrote: If people start using screen they just have to reconnect, et voila, continue to work. At least for me, screen was the solution. A downside with that solution is

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-23 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 07:44:25PM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: The idea is more to ensure that sessions aren't just left open for someone to come upon and mess with. 6 days is a long time to have been logged in especially in idle. Means there's a shell who knows where protected by who knows

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-23 Thread Ricky Zhou
On 2008-07-23 08:39:07 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: 1. Isn't it a bad idea to be storing your SSH keys long term in process memory of a remote system anyway? Or are these keys only for Fedora stuff? Yes and yes :-) Thanks, Ricky pgp6iOgBkiQGs.pgp Description: PGP signature

bash $TMOUT

2008-07-22 Thread Mike McGrath
So, I'd like to set a $TMOUT for all of our bash sessions. I see a lot of shells just needlessly open. This is going to piss people off though, I haven't even done it yet and its pissing me off :) Are there any very vocal oppositions to this? Any alternatives? I'd like to at a minimum

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-22 Thread Nigel Jones
Mike McGrath wrote: So, I'd like to set a $TMOUT for all of our bash sessions. I see a lot of shells just needlessly open. This is going to piss people off though, I haven't even done it yet and its pissing me off :) Are there any very vocal oppositions to this? Any alternatives? I'd

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-22 Thread Mike McGrath
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Nigel Jones wrote: Mike McGrath wrote: So, I'd like to set a $TMOUT for all of our bash sessions. I see a lot of shells just needlessly open. This is going to piss people off though, I haven't even done it yet and its pissing me off :) Are there any very

Re: bash $TMOUT

2008-07-22 Thread Mike McGrath
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Mike McGrath wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Nigel Jones wrote: Mike McGrath wrote: So, I'd like to set a $TMOUT for all of our bash sessions. I see a lot of shells just needlessly open. This is going to piss people off though, I haven't even done it yet