How to Configure session timeout for Hp-UX11

[mudongxiao]

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

[Patrick Wallek]

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.

[mudongxiao]

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

[mudongxiao]

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

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Joseph C. Denman]

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...

[OldSchool]

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.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

# set | grep TMOUT

...will show any value set.

Regards!

...JRF...

[mudongxiao]

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

[Joseph C. Denman]

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

...jcd...

[Marcel Boogert_1]

Hi there,

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

Usually there´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.

[Bill Hassell]

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.