Automatic User Log Off

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Possible to automatically log a user off of a client after a certain amount of time?

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Hi Paul,

There is a default inactivity script that goes to a lockout screen, but can easily be changed to use system.security.logout, or system.security.switchUser if you want to put it to a default user.

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Great that gets me moving in the direction I want to go!

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This is very helpful. I tried system.security.switchUser but keep getting login failed. Is there a way to assign a default user?

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Sorry, been on vacation. There is no default user setting.

Did you set it up per the docs? (https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/system.security.switchUser)

Does the user exist in the security profile you are using for the project?

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If you setup your project for auto login (project properties), the user you've setup for auto login will be the default user as auto login will also occur when you logout.

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Thanks Jordan. I eventually got it working a few days ago using a user profile. The docs did help.

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I know this is a very old thread, but if anyone comes here wanting a 10 minutes auto-logout script, here's the one I configured running as a 5 second Timer Client script:

# Check to see how long inactivity on the client has been active and
# if longer than 10 minutes, switch to the default operator account

if system.util.getInactivitySeconds() > 600 and system.security.getUsername() != "default username":
	system.security.switchUser("default username","default password")
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This topic is old enough that it is Vision-only implicitly (Perspective didn't exist then). Just to warn newer visitors that this is a Vision-only solution.

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How would you go about logging out only once? I tested this out and the script runs continuously from inactivity.

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Are you trying to log out of the application or go back to a default user?

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Go back to a default user. I was able to figure it out by using a while loop instead of an "if" function.

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Did you use @Samuel_Porter's example?

# Check to see how long inactivity on the client has been active and
# if longer than 10 minutes, switch to the default operator account

if system.util.getInactivitySeconds() > 600 and system.security.getUsername() != "default username":
	system.security.switchUser("default username","default password")
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Yes I did and changed the if to while.