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October 1997, Week 2

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"Michael D. Hensley" <[log in to unmask]>
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> We are trying to shut terminals down if they are not being used for over
> 15min.. Does anyone know how to do this using MPE/IX 5.5 ? We used the
> command setvar hptimeout 15 and this only seems to work when your in the CI
> but not when your in a menu.  Can anyone help ?

<I *know* I already responded -- sorry>

Keep in mind that timing out and aborting annoys most users so much, they
develop ingenius ways to get around it, like endless loop command files.

If you are doing this for security reasons, a better solution is to give them
a way to "lock" the session, so that they have to enter a password when they
get back.

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Michael D. Hensley   | mailto:[log in to unmask]
Allegro Consultants  | http://www.allegro.com
650/369-2303

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