a telnet/unix question
 

My telnet connection timeout is very short...it always kicks me out...

How do I set telnet session time longer?

thank you

OS? Sure you're not talking about ssh?

yes SSH
 

it's linux

I am using SSH2 on port 22

ehh in solaris its just sshd_config file.. not sure with linux

solaris > *

aflex, the sshd daemon is configured via the sshd_config file universaly... at least for openssh, and such variants

cool, i guess i answered his questions somewhat =P

teach a man to fish....

in english please
 

Guys, thanks for help, but I am not a unix guru....

please help me with a plain english :)

how can I change this session time?

thanks

what distro?

on bsd* /etc/ssh_config

or just do a "man ssh_config":
(.../...)ConnectTimeout
Specifies the timeout (in seconds) used when connecting to the
ssh server, instead of using the default system TCP timeout.
This value is used only when the target is down or really
unreachable, not when it refuses the connection.

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

It might also be a firewall on your network is killing your session.
It used to be like that for my techs.

I edited
 

I turned on "KeepAlive yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file?

is this good enough?
do I have to restart server?

it's not firewall, because I can connect to other servers and stay alive for a long time...

for any changes made yes you will need to restart. sh /sh /etc/rc.d/sshd restart

altho KeepAlive is defaulted to yes... do you not have a tech managing your server for you?

just curious
 

what is the difference between?

/etc/ssh/ssh_config
ConnectTimeout

and

/etc/ssh/sshd_config
KeepAlive

it didn't work
 

I just restarted the sshd, but still it kicks me out

/etc/ssh/sshd_config
KeepAlive

any other comment?

if you were connected via ssh and then restarted the sshd daemon... you'd get kicked out anyway...

I mean
 

I meant it still disconnects after I re-logged in.

KeepAlive yes didn't help