Re: 5.4 SSH Timeout help

From: Will Maier (willmaier_at_ml1.net)
Date: 09/12/05

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    On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:24:19AM -0700, Sean Murphy wrote:
    > I SSH into the server with no problem and I'm able to do work
    > however when I walk away from my desk SSH closes the session. It
    > seems the timeout is 5 or 10 min how can I change this setting for
    > all of our users?

    What shell are the users using? If they're using 'tcsh' or certain
    other shells, they might be running up against the shell's
    autologout option. See the man page for tcsh (1):
        
    | The first word is the number of minutes of inactivity before
    | automatic logout. The optional second word is the number of minutes
    | of inactivity before automatic locking. When the shell
    | automatically logs out, it prints `auto-logout', sets the variable
    | logout to `automatic' and exits. When the shell automatically
    | locks, the user is required to enter his password to continue
    | working. Five incorrect attempts result in automatic logout. Set to
    | `60' (automatic logout after 60 minutes, and no locking) by default
    | in login and superuser shells, but not if the shell thinks it is
    | running under a window system (i.e., the DISPLAY environment
    | variable is set), the tty is a pseudo-tty (pty) or the shell was
    | not so compiled (see the version shell variable). See also the
    | afsuser and logout shell variables. 

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