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in your /etc/ppp/options file, add:<br />
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# Idle after X seconds<br />
idle X<br />
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one good site to find this kind of options, is the PPP-Howto :-)<br />
<a href="http://www.linuxports.com/howto/ppp" rel="ugc">http://www.linuxports.com/howto/ppp</a><br />
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and specifically:<br />
<a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/x980.html" rel="ugc">http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/x980.html</a><br />
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Regards<br />

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in your /etc/ppp/options file, add:

# Idle after X seconds
idle X

one good site to find this kind of options, is the PPP-Howto :-)
http://www.linuxports.com/howto/ppp [http://www.linuxports.com/howto/ppp]

and specifically:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/x980.html [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/x980.html]

Regards


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Thanks for the reply. But this is when user has left the connection idle. What I want is whether the user is idle or not if he is connected on a dialup line for 60 minutes after 60 minutes his connection is terminated automatically. 
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Thanks for the reply. But this is when user has left the connection idle. What I want is whether the user is idle or not if he is connected on a dialup line for 60 minutes after 60 minutes his connection is terminated automatically.

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I have Configured a Linux Machine as a Dialin Server. It has eight modem and eight concurrent user can be conected to this machine Via Dialup. Now what I want is automatically disconnect the Dial up user after a certain interval of time. Lets say after 30 Minutes automatically one of theDialup user is disconnected and my one line is free. How do I achieve this. Kindly help<br />
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I have Configured a Linux Machine as a Dialin Server. It has eight modem and eight concurrent user can be conected to this machine Via Dialup. Now what I want is automatically disconnect the Dial up user after a certain interval of time. Lets say after 30 Minutes automatically one of theDialup user is disconnected and my one line is free. How do I achieve this. Kindly help



Disconnect a Dialup Connection automatically after 60 Minutes in Linux

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.