[CentOS] screen locking - pam and xscreensaver

Wed Jan 16 21:32:07 UTC 2008
Bob Beers <bob.beers at gmail.com>

On Jan 16, 2008 3:32 PM, Scott Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:

> If Xwindows was to be disabled, and only tty was used, what would be the
> best option for ensuring the logged-in session was locked after a
> determined amount of inactivity>
>
If logged in to bash, TMOUT is the (seconds) setting to terminate the
 shell if no activity, but it is not fool-proof.  For example, an open vi
 session will prevent the logout.

HTH,
-Bob