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Depends on which OS you're running...<br />
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HP-UX:<br />
Client: When running ftp&gt; idle [seconds] shows/changes timeout<br />
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Server: ftpd daemon can be started with:<br />
-t timeout &nbsp; &nbsp; Causes ftpd to timeout inactive sessions after timeout seconds.<br />
By default, ftpd terminates an<br />
inactive session after 15 minutes. (900 seconds)<br />
<br />
-T maxtimeout &nbsp; A client can also request a different timeout period. &nbsp;The -T<br />
option sets to maxtimeout the<br />
maximum timeout that client can request, in &nbsp;seconds. By default, the maximum<br />
timeout is 2 hours.<br />
<br />
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Solaris ftp client doesn't support the &quot;idle&quot; command &amp;&nbsp;Solaris ftpd daemon<br />
doesn't support &quot;-T&quot;, so the timeout<br />
is fixed when the daemon is started with -t seconds (Default 900 seconds)<br />
<br />
man ftp and man ftpd will tell you what options are supported on your system.<br />

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Depends on which OS you're running...

HP-UX:
Client: When running ftp> idle [seconds] shows/changes timeout

Server: ftpd daemon can be started with:
-t timeout     Causes ftpd to timeout inactive sessions after timeout seconds.
By default, ftpd terminates an
inactive session after 15 minutes. (900 seconds)

-T maxtimeout   A client can also request a different timeout period.  The -T
option sets to maxtimeout the
maximum timeout that client can request, in  seconds. By default, the maximum
timeout is 2 hours.


Solaris ftp client doesn't support the "idle" command & Solaris ftpd daemon
doesn't support "-T", so the timeout
is fixed when the daemon is started with -t seconds (Default 900 seconds)

man ftp and man ftpd will tell you what options are supported on your system.


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Thanks for the response, I am using FreeBSD, how do I set timeout? I am unable to find ftpd.<br />
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Thanks for the response, I am using FreeBSD, how do I set timeout? I am unable to find ftpd.



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thank you very much for the help. it works very well.<br />
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I need to ftp all the time, because my web server is on one machine while version control system is on another.
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thank you very much for the help. it works very well.

I need to ftp all the time, because my web server is on one machine while version control system is on another.

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The timeout setting for ftp on my machine is 900 seconds, I'd like to change it to a longer time, how do I do this?<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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The timeout setting for ftp on my machine is 900 seconds, I'd like to change it to a longer time, how do I do this?

Thanks in advance.

ftp timeout

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