Admin account logging out

[jnichols]

Greetings!

I have a fresh installation of 10.5.x Server on a G5 and I’m noticing something that I haven’t seen on any OS X Server before – it’s logging me out after a period of inactivity. I currently have one account on the machine, and this is happening when I’m logging in on the machine itself. It’s in a small office environment, and there are no security concerns with access. I’d like to just have the screensaver password, but it’s logging me out completely.

I have Googled, Binged, Yahooed, Dogpiled, and dug through the Apple Discussions to no avail. I did see another similar thread, but no answers.

On OS X ‘client’ I know that the “log out after X minutes of inactivity” is in System Preferences -> Security, but on my server there is no such option. (“Security” is there, but there’s nothing about logout.)
I’ve looked everywhere I can think of in Server Admin and Workgroup Manager but no dice.

And like I said, I have not seen this happen on other 10.5.x Server boxes…just this new install.

Help! 😀

[Greg Neagle]

Are you sure it’s not crashing and rebooting instead? Check the output of `last` and `uptime`, and perhaps look at the system log.

-Greg

[jnichols]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: gneagle[/u][p]Are you sure it’s not crashing and rebooting instead? Check the output of `last` and `uptime`, and perhaps look at the system log.

-Greg[/p][/QUOTE]

Yup. Positive that it’s not crashing & rebooting. Uptime shows several days of uptime. If I leave TextEdit open, the unsaved document will cancel the logout process. That’s been my saving grace so far. Otherwise it happily quits all open applications and logs me out.

I’m still searching but I have not found anything yet. I also have not timed it to see how long it waits before logging me out, but I think it’s around 15 minutes.

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