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From: kai@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: 60-second timeout in Unix login
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Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 12:26:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 25 12:26:00 1987
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!kai    Nov 25 11:26:00 1987


You can increase the login timeout on 4.2BSD by simply adding a field to the
dialup terminals gettytab entry.  Add ":to=180" to whatever entry you use for
dialups, or even better, make a new gettytab entry that includes the new
timeout field, and then change your /etc/ttys file entry for your dialup
line(s) to use your new gettytab entry.

I use this on our system because we have some beginner level folks dialing
in, who often take a long time to type in their login and password
correctly.  This change simply increases the time between the first login
attempt and when the phone is hung up.  The number of login attempts doesn't
need to be changed on our system, a Sequent Balance 8000 running DYNIX
V3.0.4.  After each three login attempts, login quits, and getty takes over
again.  The timeout never recycles, so after n seconds, the phone hangs up no
matter how many times you try to login.

See GETTYTAB(5) and TTYS(5), or send Email for more info.


Patrick Wolfe

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