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I want to be able to logout inactive sessions on my webserver.
I have done this like so: 

13. Restrict idle users. Timeout after a certain pre-defined amount of time. a. In the directory /etc/profile.d: i. Create a file called autologout.sh and add the following lines: TMOUT=300 readonly TMOUT export TMOUT This sets autologout settings for the bash shell. ii. Create a file called autologout.csh and add the following lines: set -r autologout 5 iii. Add execute privileges to both files with: sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/autologout.*

I notice that the above lines log the user out only from the current active account and not terminate the session completely.
eg.) If I sudo-ed to root, I am logged out of root and returned to my user account.

Can I log the user out completely? If so, how do I do it?

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Many years ago, I used to use a program called timeoutd to do exactly this. It seems to have vanished from debian since I last used it (or maybe it was never in debian and I compiled it myself - I can't remember, I last used it in the mid-1990s).

Anyway, I found a copy of it at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/timeoutd

It is configurable with an /etc/timeouts file. You can find the man page in the package, with the source, or at http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man8/timeoutd.8.html

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  • Thanks! This fits my use case beautifully. However, I am not allowed to compile any source etc. on the machine. I am marking this as correct. Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 12:35
  • what distro are you using? it may already be packaged for it. otherwise you could compile your own package on another machine, then it's just a single, simple install with your package manager (dpkg or rpm or whatever) Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 12:39
  • I am using Centos7. I checked the repos with sudo yum search timeout* and did not find anything. Is there anything else I should look for? The rpm option sounds good. I might try that. Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 12:41

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