On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:09:48 -0600
"Joseph Key" <jkey at tomobiki.dyndns.org> wrote:

> I have two slackware 10 systems that I sometimes keep a putty/ssh
> session up for several days. Have you tried enabling keep alive
> packets to see if that stops the auto-logout?

Actually, it's not ssh, I didn't provide enough info in my OP.  I
always change my default shell to /bin/tcsh out of habit - I guess on
slackware the tcsh autologout is not disabled as it seems to be on
other distros I've used (SuSE, Debian, etc.).  Unsetting this variable
does the trick.  This must be built into tcsh as a default on
slackware as I cannot find anything in /etc or my home dir related to
autologout.

FWIW, I found a cool project for tcsh lovers when researching this
one: http://tcshrc.sourceforge.net/

Now I'll probably start pointless a "best shell" debate.  :)  Is it
Friday yet?  I think we all need a beer (me, I need two).

Josh