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Dropping users on the SSH Server on Centos

How can I automatically kick SSH users off my server after they've been idle and doing nothing for a while ?

Some seem to leave the window open forever.
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Assuming the users have bash for their shell you could set $TMOUT to log them out after X seconds idle.

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/internalvariables.html

If the $TMOUT environmental variable is set to a non-zero value time, then the shell prompt will time out after $time seconds. This will cause a logout.

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