Idletimeout patch

[Nicolas Williams]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:45:24PM +0300, Jani Jaakkola wrote:
> I checked on idled and it seems to be a tool for throwing out users from
> ttys. I don't need a tool like that: I need a tool that kills idle
> _ssh_-sessions, regardless of protocol version or whether the sessions
> have a tty or not. In our environment we have thousands of users and
> hundreds of ssh-session (both protocol versions) in a day and hanged or
> just forgotten ssh-sessions (also sessions without a tty) are a real
> problem.

I agree with this sentiment, but see below.

> I guess that ssh already has lots of features that are useles for most
> people.

And we keep asking for more. :)

> Is there any technical reason to not accept the patch? I there is
> something wrong with patch I would like to know it, since I will be
> installing it to couple hundred machines.

Well, the F-Secure SSH supports an idle-timeout option for use in
authorized_keys file entries. I'd like OpenSSH to at least recognize
that option, even if it's not implemented (and warn if it isn't).

> - Jani


Nico
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