disable idle telnet/ssh session

#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 12:52 PM

When we used aix 4.3.3 , there's not timeout of
idle telnet/ssh sessions (we commented out TMOUT line in
/etc/profile)

But last week we migrated to aix 5.3 , then there's timeout
of idle sessios (I checked the /etc/profile, the line
TMOUT is still commented out).
Why ?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 12:52 PM

On Aug 19, 8:48 pm, s11...@net2.hkbu.edu.hk (pui ming Wong) wrote:
> When we used aix 4.3.3 , there's not timeout of
> idle telnet/ssh sessions (we commented out TMOUT line in
> /etc/profile)
>
> But last week we migrated to aix 5.3 , then there's timeout
> of idle sessios (I checked the /etc/profile, the line
> TMOUT is still commented out).
> Why ?

Why not just set TMOUT to a really high value?

Although, to be secure, you probably should disconnect idle sessions.

Miles

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