Telnet Timeout SCO 5.0.6

[josemoure]

Hi guys i'm new in this forum and with unix
Please bear with me.

I'm using a telnet section to my server via (dsl) i get a login no problem , i login as root and then if i stay idle for 7 minutes it will desconect me.

I'm using Tiny Term plus edition software , there is no time out setting in this software , i'm not using a router (dsl modem to nic card ).

Also y tried to modem in to my box and the problem accours again, So at least i know that it's the box.

Is there any settings on sco openserver 5.0.6 that i need to change.
I heard that by creating a script and add it to the user will fix this problem, but i have no idea how to create suck a script or where to put it.

Guys i will really apreciate if you can help me resolve this problem.
Thanks a lot

Jose

 

[MaxKnight]

By default there shouldn't be any idle disconnect, but if you aren't the only admin of the box then someone might have configured idleout.

It configures the timeout delay in /etc/default/idleout but doesn't get run by default.

Check man idleout for what it recommends. But if you can find a "sleep" process then it might be running it. (ps -ef | grep sleep). As it basically checks how long people have been idle, then sleeps 60 seconds, checks again, etc.

It could also be a TCP timeout if you have some sort of firewall that blocks the alive tests.