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  2. From: pdg@cup.hp.com (Paul Gootherts)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
  4. Subject: Re: Killing idle jobs
  5. Message-ID: <Bzq4G9.28s@cup.hp.com>
  6. Date: 23 Dec 92 17:55:21 GMT
  7. References: <Dec23.164458.36764@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
  8. Sender: news@cupnews0.cup.hp.com
  9. Organization: Hewlett-Packard
  10. Lines: 10
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  13. >    If your users are using csh, set a default autologout=30, this
  14. >    way the system will log them out whenever they are idle for 30
  15. >    minutes (I found 30 to be a reasonable number for most "relaxed"
  16. >    sites, but you can set whatever you want).
  17.  
  18. Or, if they are using ksh, check the man page for the variable TMOUT.
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  22. Paul Gootherts, pdg@cup.hp.com
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