Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 21:30:15 -1000 From: JQ Public <root@pacificglobal.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Telnet idle timeouts Message-ID: <19990502213015.A29141@pacificglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905022241510.252-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>; from Ben J. Cohen on Sun, May 02, 1999 at 11:02:49PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905022241510.252-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
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On May 02, 1999 Ben J. Cohen beat the bytes to forge:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 Danny wrote
>
> > Does anyone know how to get rid of the idle timeouts when a user is
> > telnetted in? I often telnet into my box from work, and sit idle for a
> > while. I'll come back only to see "Connection closed due to inactivity."
> > I've looked through the telnetd man pages, and through practically every
> > file in /etc for it, but no luck.
> >
> > Any ideas? FYI, I'm using 2.2.7
>
Aloha,
Try these two methods. First, try a "unset auto logout" in your
.cshrc. Or, if the admin is running "idled" you may want to ask if he/she to
exclude you from "idled.cf." Somthing like "exempt login <ben's login> all"
will work.
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