Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:31:10 -0700 From: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> To: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSH timeout settings Message-ID: <3D1281DE.5000804@earthlink.net> References: <20020620214512.42806.qmail@web10101.mail.yahoo.com>
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twig les wrote:
> Hey all, I think this is an easy one masquerading as a
> tough one.... My OpenSSH on my Free 4.4 Release box
> just lets me keep an open session indefinitely without
> any activity. I've read man sshd and all sorts of
> other things but no mention.
>
> So the short version is: where do I lower the timeout
> of SSH?
>
If you are using login with ssh, then you can modify login.conf:
from man 5 login.conf
idletime
time Maximum idle time before logout.
Read the manpage for more info and don't forget to run cap_mkdb if you
change login.conf.
Within sshd itself :
You need to add this to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
ClientAliveInterval n
Where n is the nuber of seconds. 0 (default) is unlimited and implied.
I'd use the sshd_config option and not login, but i don't use login w/
ssh.
HTH
--Larry
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