topic Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11 in Operating System - HP-UX

How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

mudongxiao — Wed, 24 May 2006 11:28:50 GMT

Looks like my session will drop automaticly If I don't touch more than 60 minutes.
How can I reset it to 180 minutes?
Thanks

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

Patrick Wallek — Wed, 24 May 2006 11:31:40 GMT

The most likely way is to reset the TMOUT environment variable.

# echo $TMOUT

to see if it is set. If it is you should nee

TMOUT=60

To reset it for this session:

# export TMOUT=180

To make the change permanent set it in your .profile file.

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

mudongxiao — Wed, 24 May 2006 11:33:52 GMT

If I using root to change the .profile under /, or I logon a certain user to change his own .profile
Thanks

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

mudongxiao — Wed, 24 May 2006 11:38:27 GMT

actually,
I type command env.
I do not find any thing regarding
TIMEOUT or TMOUT.
Is any default value for TIMEOUT.

In this case
How can I change it to 180 minutes.
Thanks

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 24 May 2006 12:59:35 GMT

180 minutes multiplied by 60 will set Timeout to 180 minutes.

The value is measured in seconds.

It will work on command lines. It will not work if an application, even like top is running.

I used to manage systems in a shop that had natural/adabas logins via telnet.

To time out users the following had to be done.
adabas (kind of like oracle) had a timeout set via its configuration tool.

The natural application had to hae a timeout configured via script. We chose to kill the telnet session in that script, but TMEOUT will work anyway.

SEP

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

Joseph C. Denman — Wed, 24 May 2006 13:36:04 GMT

If TMOUT is not set, you may have a network issue. Check with your network shop so see if there is a router/switch setting to kill idle sessions.

...jcd...

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

OldSchool — Wed, 24 May 2006 13:41:34 GMT

Are you perhaps running csh?

If so, 'autologout', according to the man page, defaults to 60, and can be changed by setting the variable to the desired time. An autologout of 0, or unsetting the variable, disables this completely.

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 24 May 2006 13:48:40 GMT

Hi:

# set | grep TMOUT

...will show any value set.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

mudongxiao — Wed, 24 May 2006 14:14:50 GMT

sorry,
I type echo $TMOUT, I got 0.
Using which command I can disable it.
Thanks

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

Joseph C. Denman — Wed, 24 May 2006 15:00:27 GMT

If echo $TMOUT=0
then
the TMOUT variable is not set. It is the default value. I believe you have a network issue.

...jcd...

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

Marcel Boogert_1 — Wed, 24 May 2006 15:00:29 GMT

Hi there,

If it says 0 then you cannot be logged out because of the TMOUT variable.

Usually thereÂ´s a timeout value set for the console. Are you logging onto the system from the console?

Reply with the output from the following command please:

grep TMOUT ~/.profile

Regards, MB.

Re: How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

Bill Hassell — Wed, 24 May 2006 21:04:30 GMT

As mentioned, the HP-UX (actually, your shell) variable that controls the session timeout is TMOUT or autologout (for csh users). Set TMOUT=10800 to tell the shell to log you out after 180 minutes. If TMOUT=0 or autologout=0, then HP-UX is not timing out your session. It is not unusual for network administrators to forcefully disconnect telnet sessions that are idle for long periods. If you do not see the 1 minute warning at 59 minutes on your screen, then HP-UX is not the problem. Contact your network administrator.