Disconnect Idle remote user

[Ferdie Banu]

Is there a way to disconnect an idle remote user running an application connected via tcp/ip? Is socket keepalive solve this problem?

[Ravi_8]

Hi

#fuser -k

will kill all users using that application

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Check autologout at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90046/B2355-90046_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90046/00/00/53-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90046/00/00/53-toc.html&searchterms=autologout&queryid=20040225-230300

The use of keepalive messages allows sessions to be timed out if the client crashes or becomes unreachable.

sks

[Steven E. Protter]

The TMEOUT parameter will probably do this.

So long as no application is running. Otherwise its grep the ps -ef and kill the process.

SEP

[Jakes Louw]

Have a look at the ndd settings for set_keepalive, and then look at the environment variable TMOUT.
The ndd setting would be activated in your NIC config file, and the TMOUT can be set in /etc/profile for a global effect.

[Ferdie Banu]

Assuming that an application run in microsoft windows and connected to a database in hp/ux via tcp/ip. Is there a way to disconnect or terminate the application if its idle for a certain period of time let say 30 minutes would be the time limit?

Any idea will be much appreciated...

Thank you for your time guys....

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

The autologout and TMOUT parameters only work for the shell. Since the users are running an application, the applicationmust be rewritten to detect idle time and terminate when exceeded.

If rewriting the application is not an option, you can kill the connection but before you ever try this, you must determine whether it is safe to kill these connections. Some applications are poorly written and can corrupt data files when connections are terminated. Once you have verified safety, you'll have to write a script to track the connection time using options in ps, then issue a kill to the login process which should then terminate the application.