NAME

       autolog - Log out idle users

SYNOPSIS

       autolog [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  program reads the utmp file, entry by entry.  The username for each 'user process' is
       compared to the entries in the configuration file (see autolog.conf(5) ).  The first entry
       to match both the name, the group, and the tty line of the process will be used to conduct
       the automatic logout.

CALL

       /etc/init.d/autolog start
       or
       autolog
              to run this program in daemon-mode

       autolog -o
              to run this program as "ordinary" program.  Keep in  mind:  Also  when  running  as
              ordinary program, it will stay in memory until all its jobs are done.

OPTIONS

       -a     (all processes) Print information on ALL utmp entries--not just user processes.

       -d     (debug  mode)  This  is helpful in setting up your configuration file.  The program
              runs in foreground rather than forking and it prints  out  verbose  messages  about
              what it is doing.

       -n     (nokill)  Use this to prevent autolog from actually "killing" anyone. Use -d and -n
              together when setting up a new configuration file.  ( This will not affect  killing
              of lost processes. )

       -o     (ordinary) Use this to run this program as ordinary program, not as daemon. Program
              will  end,  when  its  job  is  done.  In  this  case,  some  data   is   kept   in
              "/var/lib/autolog/autolog.data". This is read, when the program is called again.

       -f config_file_name
              Use this to override the default: "/etc/autolog.conf"

       -l log_file_name
              Use  this  to override the default: "/var/log/autolog.log".  Note that if this file
              doesn't exist, no logging will happen.  Create the  file  (with  touch)  to  enable
              logging.

       -t idle_time
              Use this to override the internal default idle time (minutes)

       -g grace_period
              Use this to override the internal default grace period (seconds)

       -m yes/no
              Use  this  to override the internal mailing switch.  If "yes" the program will send
              mail to the users right after killing them.

       -c yes/no
              Use this to override the internal "pre-clear" switch.  If "yes"  the  program  will
              clear the terminal screen before warning the user.

       -w yes/no
              Do timeouts based on total session time--not idle time. (hard)

       -l yes/no
              If set to "yes" activities will be written to the logfile if present.

AUTHOR

       Kyle Bateman <kyle@actarg.com> (autolog 0.35),
       Carsten Juerges <juerges@cip-bau.uni-hannover.de>
                                         (autolog 0.40)

       This manual page was modified for Debian by Paul Telford <pxt@debian.org>