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If a user is logged into a switch and
performs no keystrokes (remains idle) for 5 minutes, the switch will
automatically log the user out. This feature is referred to as an
"idle timeout." If you forget to log out and leave your
terminal unattended, this feature would prevent someone from gaining
unauthorized access to the switch by using the terminal. Although
the default setting of this feature is 5 minutes, it can be altered
with the set logout
command on a set command-based switch:
Switch> (enable) set logout
number of minutes
The example in Figure
shows how to set the automatic session logout to 20 minutes and how
to disable the automatic logout feature.
To configure a timeout on a Cisco IOS
command-based switch, you must first choose the line (console or vty)
to apply it to and then specify the amount of time. This works just
as a router would. The default timeout is 10 minutes. The commands
to set the timeout on the console port of a Cisco IOS command-based
switch to 20 minutes are shown in Figure .
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