"Sylvain Robitaille" <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote in message news:slrndaeft6.891i.syl@alcor.concordia.ca...
> Michael wrote:
>
>> I've searched the docs for a while now, and I can't
>> find the setting for telnet inactivity timeout length. Any
>> suggestions?
>
> You're probably looking for the auto-logout function of the shell. I
> can't seem to find any mention of such a feature in the Bash manual
> page, but Tcsh has a shell variable, "autologout" that that provides
> this functionality. See also the "-forcelogout" option to xlock.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
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> Sylvain Robitaille

Merci, Sylvain. I will check it out.

m.