As admin, enable "Mobile services": Plugins ► Web Services ► Mobile Create a Token for one normal user: Click on Site administration ► Plugins ► Web services ► Manage tokens Next, you can do a CURL REST call simulating a WS client with the user. You need to replace the wstoken, and the URL of your moodle instance curl 'http://localhost/m/stable_master/webservice/rest/server.php?moodlewsrestformat=json' --data 'wsfunction=tool_mobile_get_config&wstoken=12a2a65aeea2a177055e233f9e303218&section=mobileapp' | python -m "json.tool" Check that by default the tool_mobile_forcelogout value is set to 0 In Moodle Web, enable the setting tool_mobile_forcelogout (tick the box) Execute again the curl request and check that the value is set to 1 Execute again the curl request removing the &section=mobileapp part from the query Check that you receive a list of several settings and the tool_mobile_forcelogout one with the correct value set to 1