set logout

Use this command to set the time (in minutes) an idle console, SSH or Telnet CLI session will remain connected before being logged out.

Syntax

set logout timeout [default]

Parameters

timeout Sets the number of minutes for the idle-timeout timer.
  • If the security profile = C2, the default value is 15
  • If the security profile = normal, the default value is 10
default Make this setting persist for all future sessions.

Defaults

None.

Mode

All command modes.

Usage

When timeout expires, the idle console, SSH or Telnet session will be terminated and logged out.

If timeout is set to 0, logout is disabled.

Example

This example shows how to set the system timeout to 10 minutes:

System(rw)->set logout 10