The final verdict on this is that it is the Advanced Power Management
feature
of the PC which is causing the problem. Apparantly when the PC goes into
sleep mode, the NIC doesn't have the power to maintain the network
connection
and well....unix waits until finally it drops it.
Thanks for the replys
George Gallen
ggallen_at_slackinc.com
-----Original Message-----
From: George Gallen
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 2:55 PM
To: 'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
Subject: telnet users being logged off before their time..
running 3.2c
users are logging in with telnet (microsoft version - W95/W98)
and seem to be
logged off before our application's autologout feature kicks in
(60 minutes of idel time).
What I setup was:
1. I have cron every minute do a "w > /tmp/woutput"
2. I have tcpdump running in background looking for FIN packets
3. when one is detected a program emails me the current
/tmp/woutput file
this way I can view what the idle time was prior to the
forced disconnect
So far the idle times have ranged from 28 to 58 minutes.
One person (on another list) infomed me that DU has some
timeout features
on telnet itself and can be viewed with: sysconfig -q inet.
Unfortunatley, my version doesn't have inet as an option
(sysconfig -s doesn't show it)
How can I find out what the timeouts are for killing a telnet
session under 3.2c, if
there is something. or how to get the inet to function under sysconfig
George Gallen
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Accounting/Data Division
ggallen_at_slackinc.com
ph:856.848.1000 Ext 220
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Received on Thu Dec 16 1999 - 16:54:35 NZDT