A question on idletimeout for OpenSSH

[Darren Tucker]

Amba giri wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a keyword in OpenSSH analogous
 > to IdleTimeout for SSH1.  Is there the ability to configure an
 > idle timeout in OpenSSH?

That depends on what you mean by "idle".  If you want the server to kill 
off connections that are not responding at all then you can use 
ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveCountMax to do that.  If you want to 
kill off sessions where the client is still connected but the user 
hasn't typed anything for a while, this won't help, you can use 
something like autolog or the shell TMOUT variable.

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