Automatic disconnect from host feature

[Jonathan Chen (jonachen)]

TMOUT is a good idea.   But the problem is RHEL 3 is already doing it
and I would like to turn the feature off or change the timeout.

Regarding the SSHD_CONFIG file...it does not work when I played around
with the settings.   The server already have KEEPALIVE ON.   So where
is that feature at?

Repeating problem:

1)  Remote login by sshing into a server -- the server logs you out
after 1 hour or a bit less
2)  If sshing on the same network, it will not log you out.


So where is the feature that logs me off all the time when using a
Windows SSH client?

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From: ubergoonz <ubergoonz gmail com> 
To: me gavitron com, General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list
redhat com> 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Automatic disconnect from host feature 
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:36:33 +0800 

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use TMOUT shell variable ?

On 8/17/05, Gavin McDonald <gavitron gmail com> wrote: 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: redhat-list-bounces redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-list->bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chen
> (jonachen)
> >Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:40 PM
> >To: redhat-list redhat com
> >Subject: RE: Automatic disconnect from host feature
> >
> >>
> >> Two (or three) thoughts:
> >>
> >> 1) It depends on how they are connecting. If you are talking
> >> about local
> >> sessions, that is far different than say, remote X
> >> connections, or even
> >> remote connections over VNC, or X tunneled through SSH.
> >
> >Well I'm talking about using using a regular windows SSH client to
> >connect to linux host and also later with X session using FreeNX.
> Later, as in "After the ssh is connected"? Because if you are using
> X-forwarding through ssh, then it is still dependant on the ssh
connection
> terminating unexpectedly.
> 
> 
> >> 2) It will probably be service-based timeouts, for example SSH has
> >> keepalive=YES and probably a timeout option as well (man ssh)
> >
> >I don't believe this works at all. Where is the setting that says to
> >let users be on the system until they log out when they are on the
same
> >network while from another network, you will be logged off after an
> >hour???
> 
> try
> # man sshd_config
> and
> # man ssh_config
> 
> and look at the following settings
> TCPKeepAlive
> ServerAliveInterval
> ServerAliveCountMax
> 
> I do not claim to be an expert, but I have never even heard of a
setting
> that specifically sets timeouts for remote users only. If you have
seen
> a system like this in operation, Go ask the sysadmin how he built it?
> 
> That said, perhaps you are looking more for something like Process
> accounting?
> 
> Regards,
> Gavin.
>