Set auto log off for some users...

[oshunluvr]

10.04 with 4.5

I want to have some users (my daughter) auto log off after 5 minutes or so of inactivity but not me. I can't seem to find this setting anywhere - ideas?

[otisklt]

Re: Set auto log off for some users...

This should work: http://www.walkernews.net/2007/05/15...user-in-linux/

[oshunluvr]

Re: Set auto log off for some users...

I appreciate that link and I will use that little tidbit for my servers, but it appears the tmout setting is only for console sessions, not X sessions. This was so easy under kde3 - screensaver options handled it.

More hours of web searching reveals two options: kshutdown and xautolock

kshutdown seems the easier to set up so I am attempting adding this to the .bashrc of my little girl to log her out five minutes after she stops using the computer;

kshutdown --init --hide-ui -l -i 5

Unfortunately, I'm guessing she will be logged out without warning and if she's watching a video, I doubt that will be detected as activity.

So now I need a way to define Youtube, VLC, Dragon and a few others as "Activity" and add a notification about a minute before log out.