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Re: autologout timers

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From: Leon Brooks
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 00:00
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Daryle Niedermayer wrote:
> When logging into one of our machines (A Pentium using RH4.1) using
> multiple telnet sessions (we like lots of open windows around here), how
> can I set or disable the amount of time the telnet/login/getty process
> waits with no activity on the connection before logging me out?

I would use a version of login that does timeouts, then pass that to
in.telnetd (in /etc/inetd.conf) with the -L option instead of
/bin/login. in.telnetd cleans up dropped connections OK, but I gather
that idle connections are your actual worry.
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From: Leon Brooks <leonb@ami.com.au>
Subject: Re: autologout timers
Date: 1998/05/30
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