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Idle process killer? (terminal timeout tool)

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The Question is:

 
How can you set a inactivity timer to a VT session to a VAX or Alpha so that
if the user does not hit a key in a set amount of time, the session
terminates?

The Answer is :

 
  This utility is known as an "idle process killer" or a "terminal timeout
  program", and various commercial and non-commercial (freeware/shareware)
  examples are available.
 
  Other discussions:
    872, 1824, 2211, 2360
 


  

     
     
answer written or last revised on ( 3-JAN-2000 )

     
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