HACKTUX notes from the trenches

Find that your shell is logging you out after a certain period of inactivity? You can tweak the number of seconds before the logout, or disable auto logout completely. In the instructions below, zero (0) disables auto logout or replace 0 with number for timeout seconds.

Disable Auto Logout in bash or sh

bash$ export TMOUT=0

Disable Auto Logout in csh or tcsh

tcsh% set autologout=0