Unix users need a little help.
 

When I either telnet in or sftp the system will only allow the idle time for like 20 seconds before it cuts off my connection. Then I have to log in again.

How can I change the idle settings? If no activity in the window it will at least sit for 2 min or so.

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

Uncomment #ClientAliveInterval and put a number

e.g. ClientAliveInterval 120

oh and restart ssh

ping... pong...

I dont have Client, but I have this #LoginGraceTime 120

Would that work??

no that's not it, what distro are you using?

Your getting deep on me, what is distro?

If you are using OpenSSH, you should be able to use ClientAliveInterval

Just add if you don't see it uncommented. (ClientAliveInterval 300)

and then reload/restart the service - /sbin/service sshd reload (depends on distro)

I was just wondering what OS you are running i.e. redhat, bsd, etc..

distro = distribution

ICQ me, I will help you if you are still having problems :thumbsup

Linux 2.6.14-051115a

Nah, that's the kernel version.

Try '/etc/init.d/ssh restart' (or sshd or something like that) to reload the SSH server - should work on most distributions.

thanks for your help bknood on icq !!