Linux Security essentials: Setting the System timeout

Main content: Set a connection timeout for the remote terminal (that is, how long the new instruction will be disconnected from the server and terminal)

[[email protected] ~]$ echo $TMOUT #--> view Tmout variables

[[email protected] ~]$ export tmout=10 #--> set tmout variable

[Email protected] ~]$ echo $TMOUT

10

[[Email protected] ~]$ wait for input timeout: auto Logout

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#测试结果 #

With Echo Append side

[[email protected] ~]# echo "Exoprt tmout=300" >>/etc/profile #--> append the Set variable to the profile

[[email protected] ~]# tail/etc/profile #--> view/etc/profile last line

Exoprt tmout=300

[[email protected] etc]# source/etc/profile #--> Immediate effect

Edit with Vi,vim

[Email protected] ~]# Vi/etc/profile

#直接到最后一行里面添加 Export tmout=300 will do it.

[[email protected] etc]# source/etc/profile #--> Immediate effect

Linux Security essentials: Setting the System timeout