[97930] in RedHat Linux List
RE: telnet time-out
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John H Darrah)
Thu Nov 5 20:42:32 1998
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:41:30 -0800 (PST)
From: John H Darrah <jhd@giddens.com>
To: Jeff Williamson <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811060136.UAA16408@smtp1.erols.com>
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On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Charles Galpin wrote:
> ===== Original Message from Jeff Williamson <redhat-list@redhat.com> at
> 11/05/98 8:22 pm
> >I need to telnet to my server at work and remain connected for sometimes hours
> >at a time, but frequently get logged off (after inactivity) with the
> >message "connection closed by foreign host".
>
> I too have the same problem when telneting in to my RH5.1 box from work
> (Solaris/NT). I'd love to know how to extend the timeout period or disable
> it from my work box's IP (or something )
>
From the bash man page:
TMOUT If set to a value greater than zero, the value is
interpreted as the number of seconds to wait for
input after issuing the primary prompt. Bash ter-
minates after waiting for that number of seconds if
input does not arrive.
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