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>