[SOLVED] connection timed out waiting for input: auto-logout : $TMOUT

ayush.jain · 10-26-2012, 05:54 AM

Hi Guys,

Am little new to Linux.

I have changed the value of $TMOUT to 0 so that it never times out in case ssh connection is left idle for that machine.
It worked fine, but as soon as I restarted the machine it got reverted to 600 seconds.
Please let me know if am doing it the right way or there's something else required to disable auto-logout?

Regards,
Ayush

unSpawn · 10-26-2012, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayush.jain

I have changed the value of $TMOUT (..) but as soon as I restarted the machine it got reverted

Depends on where you set it. Global modifications should be in /etc/, probably /etc/profile.d/<yourvariable>.<shellextension>, for example executable shell script "/etc/profile.d/tmout.sh":

Code:

[ -e /etc/login.defs ] && MIN_UID=$(awk '/^UID_MIN/ {print $2}' /etc/login.defs)
[ `id -u` -ge ${MIN_UID:=500} ] && { TMOUT=0; export TMOUT; }

or the shorter, less accurate:

Code:

TMOUT=0; export TMOUT

*also see 'screen' and 'autossh'.

ayush.jain · 10-30-2012, 02:25 AM

Got your point unSpawn!
Thanks for your quick reply..

Regards,
Ayush

e.adenwala · 08-24-2014, 01:24 AM

In my case, the TMOUT is set as readonly.
What should I do as not to get kicked out after TMOUT (15 minutes) expires?

Thanks