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From: gorhas@electra.saaf.se (G|ran Hasse)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Auto logout disable?
Date: 23 Dec 1995 00:00:11 +0100
Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening
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Message-ID: <4bfd9r$aid@electra.saaf.se>
References: <4b6361$5f7@news.bluemoon.net> <199512192338.AA06431@Sysiphos> <Pine.BSF.3.91.951219213127.4100B-100000@news.bluemoon.net>
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.951219213127.4100B-100000@news.bluemoon.net>,
The BOSS!  <root@news.bluemoon.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Stefan Esser wrote:
>
>> In article <4b6361$5f7@news.bluemoon.net>, root@news.bluemoon.net (The BOSS!) writes:
>> |> I was wonderring if anyone knows an easy way to make FreeBSD *NOT* logout 
>> |> a user for inactivity. I want to keep a "log user" logged into this 
>> |> machine to receive messages from syslog, but I haven't found anyplace to 

Why not make logging directly to one of the consols???
Edit /etc/syslogd.conf and instead of giving a file as a savingplace
just write the name of one of the console devices. /dev/ttyv3 or
someting...


>> |> disable the auto-logout which always occurs. Anyone know where to look or 
>> |> how to keep that from happening?
>> 
>> Auto logout ??? 
>> Well, you are SURE there is such a thing in FreeBSD ? :-)
>> 
>> My best bet would be to look into the .login file of that 
>> log "user", and find the line that enables the auto-logout
>> feature of his particular shell ...
>
>The shell is a stock tcsh and I see nothing in the .login file which 
>could cause this to happen. It's obnoxious as this machine is used for 
>nothing but mail.
>
>J. Henry Priebe Jr., root@net.bluemoon.net, sysop@bbs.bluemoon.net, 
>newsmaster@news.bluemoon.net and the wearer of all hats for all occasions!
>