Auto log out and/or restart?

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Auto log out and/or restart?

I have a new mid 2017 18,3 iMac with 2TB HB, 64GB RAM running under Mojave v10.14.3 (18D109).

Since getting it a few weeks ago I have had a suspicion that it was either rebooting and/or logging me out and in again when unattended overnight (it runs 24/7 doing Folding@Home distributed computing) and that seems to have been confirmed when, this morning, I came down to see a message that Log out had been interrupted by TechTool Pro v11.0.1 (4889-eecca09d) which I was running to check the system after upgrading the RAM yesterday.

I have had a look round System Preferences but cannot see any setting that would request a periodic log out or reboot.

Where should I look or am I imagining things?

Thanks in advance.

iMac 27", macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 4:09 AM

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John Lockwood

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Mar 18, 2019 4:12 AM in response to iBozz

Security & Privacy in System Preferences has an option to define an auto-log out interval. You need to click on the Advanced button in the bottom right corner to see this.

Energy Saver can be set to schedule an automatic shutdown at a specified time but not a reboot.

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iBozz Author

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Mar 18, 2019 4:33 AM in response to John Lockwood

Bravo, Sir! That option was indeed checked and I have now removed it.

Many thanks.

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