how to force-close unattended linux systems

[Luke Militello]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> In our computer lab, there are some users who walk away from their
> computers for hours.  I'd like to automatically close down those
> sessions so that other users do not have to wait or hit
> ALT-CTRL-Backspace.  I don't find anything while googling because I
> don't know the magic words, I'm afraid. gdm is the login manager and
> the gnome screensaver installed.  I just need some little addon to the
> screensaver that logs out systems if they aren't used for a while.
> Similar to the way the laptop power manager closes down idle systems.
> 
> Got any advice?
> 
Sounds like you are looking for autolog...

sudo apt-get install autolog

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=sourcenames&keywords=autolog

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Luke J Militello, CCNA
Network Engineer
Technical Operations
Charter Communications
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Michigan Technological University, BS
Computer Network & System Administration