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    Do you ever worry about users not logging out of the bash when leaving the computer unattended?
    I do! Especially the Linux root account.
    There is actually a way to set a timeout on this.
    You can set the TMOUT environment variable to the timeout in seconds.
    Below example sets the timeout to 600 seconds.

    declare -r TMOUT=600
    or
    readonly TMOUT=600

    The above two lines do the exact same thing.
    The -r parameter in the first line makes it read only.

    I believe it should work from both "/etc/profile" and "/etc/bashrc".
    Adding it to a system wide file that users have read only acces to should be our first choice.

    It should also work fine from the "~/.bashrc" and "~/.profile" in the home folders.
    To avoid adding this manually for all future users you can modify "/etc/skel/.bashrc" or "/etc/skel/.profile".
    Wether both .bashrc and /.profile are always executed I dont know.

    Remark that this is not bullet proof.

    The timer works from when a prompt is opened. When the timeout occour the user is logged out.
    Is the shell executed from the X environment the bash will simply exit. It shouldnt be a problem in X if the screensaver locks the screen. Sometimes the screensaver doesnt work as intended on the root user.
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