On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 11:05:18AM -0700, Moo Kim wrote: > I've installed redhat 7.1 few weeks back on a PC running > Pentium 200 MHz, 128 MB. The network is configured with > DHCP server on a secure intra-network within the company > as a development box. > > I am having telnet session timing out problem when I telnet > into the box as root. After about 10 minutes, the telnet > session hangs or not responds any more. If I go to the > console window, and execute a ping command, then the telnet > session resumes. I think I don't have this problem when I > telneting out from the box to remote hosts. > > I tried make /etc/pam.d/other file to be generic as possible > but the problem (could be called a feature with the PAM default > configuration) persists. > > Does anyone run into this problem in redhat 7.1 ? Anyone > knows how I can disable (or work-around) the 10-min timeout > on telnet session ? It is not clear to me whether this > problem is with PAM or XINETD. Does this happen only with telnet, or is it happening with other connection-oriented services? For example, if you switch on the POP server, telnet to the port, and sit there for ten minutes, does it time out as well? Nalin
