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If I leave my computer alone for some 1-2 hours, I don't know exactly how long, it tries to logout. But I have terminal programs running (CLI tools fetching data from FTP, or doing processing of some kind, etc.), so the computer never fully logs out. I don't want it to logout though, I want it to stay logged in. It's also quitting the browser and my text editor, which I don't want it to do.

What settings do I change? In System Preferences, I clicked "Start after: Never". I put Energy Saver to never sleep with or without battery. But I don't know what else to change to get it to not log out.

Maybe this helps:

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  • It is not default behavior that the machine tries to log you out after a specified amount of time. It doesn't have to do with sleep mode either, as that doesn't log you out. I feel there's valuable information still missing from this question. Could you elaborate on what kind of computer you have (very specific) as well as whether this is a computer managed by your school, employer or similar?
    – jksoegaard
    Commented Nov 3, 2020 at 10:17
  • It is a rose gold Macbook air a newer one from less than a year ago. It is not managed by anyone but me, it is my personal computer. How do I turn it off?
    – Lance Pollard
    Commented Nov 3, 2020 at 16:29
  • There's no normal setting that logs you off your computer after 1-2 hours. You must have setup something non-standard. Do you have any ideas as to what you could have installed?
    – jksoegaard
    Commented Nov 3, 2020 at 22:37
  • @jksoegaard I don't know, I posted a screenshot of what my terminal says when it is tried to logout, but I don't know what I could have installed. Does this have any relation?
    – Lance Pollard
    Commented Nov 5, 2020 at 22:06
  • It sound like this is your issue
    – Allan
    Commented Nov 5, 2020 at 22:08

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Reset to default
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Ah, it was because this:

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I must have enabled that at some point, or I don't know what.

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  • That explains it :-) - And yes, you must have enabled that.
    – jksoegaard
    Commented Nov 5, 2020 at 22:10

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