User Guide

OmniAccess SafeGuard OS Administration Guide
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Chapter 2: Accessing and Managing the System
Setting the SSH Timer
SSH connections time out at 5 minutes, by default. To change the timeout timer from 1 to
160 minutes, in Global Configuration mode use the ip ssh timeout command.
ip ssh timeout minutes
The following example limits the idle time for SSH connections to 20 minutes:
(SafeGuardOS) #configure terminal
(SafeGuardOS) (config) #ip ssh timeout 20
(SafeGuardOS) (config) #exit
(SafeGuardOS) #
Displaying SSH Configuration Information
To display the current SSH configuration, use the show ip ssh command in Privileged
Exec mode:
show ip ssh
The command has no parameters or variables.
The following example is representative of the command output:
(SafeGuardOS) #show ip ssh
SSH Configuration
Administrative Mode: .......................... Enabled
Operational Mode: ............................. Enabled
Protocol Levels: .............................. Versions 1 and 2
SSH Sessions Currently Active: ................ 0
Max SSH Sessions Allowed: ..................... 2
SSH Timeout: .................................. 4
SSH Keys Installed: ........................... RSA1 RSA DSA
(SafeGuardOS) #
NOTE: A session is active as long as the session is idle for the value set.
Changing the timeout value for active sessions does not become effective until
the session is re-accessed. Also, any keystroke activates the new timeout
duration.
Syntax Description minutes Specifies the connection timer in minutes.
Valid entries are 1 to 160.