To Set the Idle Timeout for an Account

You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.

Use the ldapmodify command to set the value of nsIdleTimeout.

The following command sets the idle timeout for Barbara Jensen to five minutes (300 seconds):

$ ldapmodify -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - Enter bind password: dn: uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: nsIdleTimeout nsIdleTimeout: 300 ^D modifying entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com ^D $