bash $TMOUT

[Chuck Anderson]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 04:40:37PM -0400, Ricky Zhou wrote:
> On 2008-07-23 09:07:58 AM, Mike McGrath wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Jorge Bras wrote:
> > > If people start using screen they just have to reconnect, et voila, continue
> > > to work.
> > > At least for me, screen was the solution.
> A downside with that solution is that if I detach a screen session
> and end my SSH session, the next time I reattach, I lose my SSH agent,
> and that means having to type SSH passwords repeatedly until I
> completely destroy and reconstruct the screen session.

1. Isn't it a bad idea to be storing your SSH keys long term in 
process memory of a remote system anyway?  Or are these keys only for 
Fedora stuff?

2. Doesn't running screen with shells and stuff in it kinda defeat the 
purpose of $TMOUT?  I mean, if the idea is to free up resources, you 
aren't really freeing up much if you can keep an idle screen session 
with 10 shells open in it with emacs or whathaveyou.