From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 2 6:32:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA7214BE9 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:32:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA01769; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:32:17 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199912021432.IAA01769@iaces.com> Subject: Re: timeout on telnetd To: wjm@gate.net (William Melanson) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:32:17 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "William Melanson" at Dec 02, 1999 09:28:49 AM X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG No, people are misunderstanding the issue. The issue is, the customer wants the telnet connection to stay connected with NOONE logged in. Sitting at the login prompt. In a previous message, William Melanson said: > > > Couldn't you just turn off the timeout variable within your local shell > env? > > TIMEOUT=0 > > --------------------------------oOo------------------------------------ > William J. Melanson CyberGate, Inc. | e.spire Communications > Sr Network Controller Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 > Network Operations Center Phone: (954) 429-8080 > finger wjm@gate.net PGP public key > --------------------------------oOo------------------------------------ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- The surest protection against temptation is cowardice. --Mark Twain To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message