It is ok that background processes continue. They may include
longrunning jobs that must not be killed due to timer / tty policies.
E.g. nohup jobs are meant to continue despite "hang up phone".
timeoutd enforces the time restrictions specified in /etc/timeouts.
When invoked in daemon mode (without any parameters) timeoutd
backgrounds itself, then scans /var/run/utmp every minute and checks
/etc/timeouts for an entry which matches that user, based on:
** Changed in: timeoutd (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Opinion
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timeouted don't kill backroud procceses
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