Idle Timeout 1

[jestrada101]

How do I configure a linux box to timeout an ssh connection?

thanks
je

 

[tarn]

Edit your profile file "vi /etc/profile" and add the following line somewhere after the line that reads
"HISTFILESIZE="
TMOUT=3600
The value you enter for the variable "TMOUT=" is in second and in our case represents 1 hour (60 * 60 = 3600 seconds). If you put this line in your "/etc/profile", then the automatic logout after one hour of inactivity will apply for all users on the system. You can set this variable in user's individual ".bash_profile" file to automatically force a logout after a certain time.

Also check your ssh_config .. sshd_config to see if you have keepalive enabled ?

Good Luck,
Laurie.

 

[jestrada101]

Thanks Laurie! Perfect.

je