{"id":4798,"date":"2023-02-11T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T07:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2023-02-11T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T07:30:11","slug":"linux-tmout-to-automatically-log-users-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-tmout-to-automatically-log-users-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux: TMOUT To Automatically Log Users Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <code>TMOUT<\/code> variable in Linux is used to automatically log out users after a specified period of time if they have been inactive. 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