topic Re: rlogin timeout in Operating System - HP-UX

rlogin timeout

Joe Zhu_2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:51:57 GMT

OS: hp-ux 11.x
Problem: rlogin and running for a few hours, then connection closed by host

Any ideas how this happened? Thanks for any help.

Re: rlogin timeout

Varghese Mathew — Fri, 29 Jun 2001 02:28:37 GMT

Hi,

Though ur question is not very clear - still i am sharing a few thoughts with u ..
A new shell variable is added in teh HPUX 11.0 - "autologout". If the terminal remains idle ie; no character input -- at the shell's top level for a number of minutes greater than the value assigned to autologout, you are automatically logged off. The autologout feature is temporarily disabled while a command is executing.

The initial value of autologout is 60. If unset or set to 0, autologout is entirely disabled. Use set command for teh same .

Hope this helps..
Cheers !!!
Mathew

Re: rlogin timeout

John Bolene — Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:46:03 GMT

Networking problems can cause this also.

If the TCP connection is disconnected for more than 3 minutes, you will get terminated.

This happens in our shop when folks are working under the floor tiles and knock a connection or power plug loose. We had one power cord for a router that did not want to stay plugged in and would gradually work its way out of the router end. Replacing the cord fixed the problem.

Re: rlogin timeout

Philip P. Hartl — Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:39:20 GMT

There is also a generic Unix variable, TMOUT, typically set in the default profile. We use this to satisfy audit concerns on HP-UX 10.x and 11.00. If TMOUT is set > 0, the session will exit after the specified number of seconds; i.e. TMOUT=1800, exit after 30 minutes of inactivity.