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