View source for shell inactivity timout

Gaia and SPLAT shell/ssh timout values


==newer Gaia versions==

In Clish:

===view the current idle timeout===

For Gaia Web Portal session:

        HostName> show web session-timeout

For Clish session:

        HostName> show inactivity-timeout


===To change the current idle===

For Gaia Portal session:

        HostName> set web session-timeout VALUE

For Clish session:

        HostName> set inactivity-timeout VALUE

Don't forget to save the config changes above

==older CP versions==


versions: Tested for SPLAT R75.30  & Gaia R75 & R77.10

the shell timeout for ssh session is controlled by an environment variable called TMOUT.  it is a ridiculously annoyingly low 180 seconds / 3 minutes by default for many check point platforms.  


=== check current timeout value ===

 [Expert@myfirewall:0]# '''echo $TMOUT'''
 600

to change it, use cpshell with account that has root privelege access on SPLAT or Gaia, and set the ilde time...


=== changing timeout value ===


[Expert@myfirewall]# '''cpshell'''

set idle time in minutes
 [myfirewall]# '''idle 15'''

if you want it to take effect in your current shell...
exit cpshell, from the expert prompt...
 [Expert@myfirewall]# '''source /etc/bashrc
'''

--- note, an "Expert" prompt doesn't mean your account has root priveleges.

when running the idle command from cpshell for the first time, it creates the following file:
 /etc/cpshell/cpshell.state

this file containes the idle setting
 [Expert@myfirewall]# '''cat /etc/cpshell/cpshell.state | grep idle'''
 idle=15

This file gets parsed by /etc/bashrc when setting up a shell for a newly connected user

=== shell startup code ===


The TMOUT value is set by /etc/bashrc.  You can alter the global bashrc or configure local ones for user accounts.  Rather than change the global bashrc, the examples above utilize cpshell to set it.  If you want to change the global bashrc file, below are the snippets of code that control it from a couple of different releases.

example /etc/bashrc from Check Point Gaia R77.10

 # SPLAT specific setup
 IDLE="`sed -n 's/idle=//p' /etc/cpshell/cpshell.state 2>/dev/null`"
 [ -z "$IDLE" ] && IDLE=3
 export TMOUT=`expr $IDLE \* 60`




example /etc/bashrc from Check Point SecurePlatform R75.30

 # By default, log out the user after three minutes of unattended prompt
 export TMOUT=180
 export SHELL=/bin/bash
 <br># Take into account idle setting of cpshell, if available
 if [ -f /etc/cpshell/cpshell.state ]; then
   idle=`grep idle /etc/cpshell/cpshell.state | sed s/idle=//`
   if [ $idle"UNDEFINED" = "UNDEFINED" ]; then
          idle=3
   fi
   export TMOUT=`expr $idle \* 60`
 fi


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