R: Idle Time (ssh, or telnet)

["Giuseppe Pagano" <giuseppe@punto.it>]

Look for a package called autolog:
"Autolog
Autolog terminates connections considered to be idle based on a large
variety of parameters. "
And remove it if you don't' want
dpkg --remove (--purge) autolog
good luck
Giuseppe




----- Original Message -----
From: Security <security@mail.decorah.net>
To: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Idle Time (ssh, or telnet)


> >Hello,
> >
> > I am completely stumped. From my computer at work (Running RedHat
> >6.0) I ssh into my own Server (running Debian 2.2) and I can sit at the
> >prompt and type nothing for days and im still logged in,
> >
> >however when Im at my home workstation (also running debian 2.2) and I
ssh
> >over to my server (running debian 2.2) i get logged off frequently when
idle
> >for a couple minutes.
> >
> > How do I turn off the idle timer so the only timer so that only when
> >you leave you disconnect, you get disconnected, not just after a minute
or
> >so idle.
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
>
> Nick
>
> Are you using masquerading somewhere in the route for the box that drops
> the connections? If so that could be the cause. I disremember the details
> but I had this for awhile and that was fixed by tweaking the the ipmasq
(or
> chains) script on my gateway macine. I can leave idle sessions open for
> literally months when set up this way. Before I got that figured out I
> would always run a ping or something to make the shell appear active which
> was a terrible hack but actually worked occasionally.
>
> If you think this might be the cause send me an e and I'll dig out the
info
> and get it to the list.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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