Logging Out Inactive Users Automatically:

In a multiuser environment, many times users log in to the system and forget to log out(or involved with another work, keeping current
login active). This is serious from two aspects: security & system load.

To resolve the matter use the timeout facility as below:

1) create a file "secure.sh", in "/etc/profile.d" directory, which will contain the statement that will automatically log out the user after certain time of inactivity.

2) The file "secure.sh" will contain a single line as:

TMOUT=600

which means, logout after 600 seconds(i.e. after 10 min. of inactivity).

3) Make the file executable by:

$ chmod ugo+x /etc/profile.d/secure.sh

Hay Sachin,

Would you make it more clear at windows plateform.
Where I have to place secure.sh file. IS it be placed in oracle folder
or any subfolder and how can i make it executable.I think chmod is a Unix command but how on windows.Please help me out.

what about on windows?

Hi Friends,
I am working on unix/linux-oracle platform.
so I have done this research on linux, not much aware about win-oracle platform; but, as far as my knowledge, u have to put the file in user's home directory; so u have to search for user's file on os(ie. windows) which saves user setting in it....
bye..

I am Sachin. Done post-graduation in MCA... Working as programmer in Kinetic Eng. Ltd. since last 2.6 yr.