In message <_A9@delegate-en.ML_>
on 08/07/98(23:17:44)
you "Julie Schenck" <pbaaabdyi-mxhgu45l2kxw.ml@delegate.org> wrote:
 |I have been using your Delegate 5.0.2 software and need to know how to
 |control the timeout. Currently if a user is idle for more than 5 minutes
 |they get logged off. Is there a way to change this?

From doc/Manual.txt
>    *TIMEOUT  what:seconds,...   (default: dns:60,acc:30,con:30,lin:30)
>
>        Specify timeout period (in seconds by default) of `what' which
>        includes:
>
>          dns      -- for DNS lookup [60]
>          acc      -- for accept from client (include FTP data connection) [30]
>          con      -- for connection to the server [30]
>          lin      -- LINGER for output [30]
>          ident    -- for connection to Ident server [10]
>          io       -- general I/O [600]
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
>        The timeout value `0' means `never timeout' (unlimited).
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Generally you can control timeout with the TIMEOUT parameter, and
maybe what you need to control is I/O timeout, thus

  TIMEOUT=io:0

will sutisfy your requirement.

Yutaka
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