Setting Timeout For Exec Privilege Mode - Dell S6100 Configuration Manual

tacacs+ Prompt for a username and password and use a TACACS+ server to authenticate.
1 Configure an authentication method list. You may use a mnemonic name or use the keyword default. The default authentication
method for terminal lines is local and the default method list is empty.
CONFIGURATION mode
aaa authentication login {method-list-name | default} [method-1] [method-2] [method-3]
[method-4] [method-5] [method-6]
2 Apply the method list from Step 1 to a terminal line.
CONFIGURATION mode
login authentication {method-list-name | default}
3 If you used the line authentication method in the method list you applied to the terminal line, configure a password for the terminal line.
LINE mode
password
Example of Terminal Line Authentication
In the following example, VTY lines 0-2 use a single authentication method, line.
Dell(conf)#aaa authentication login myvtymethodlist line
Dell(conf)#line vty 0 2
Dell(config-line-vty)#login authentication myvtymethodlist
Dell(config-line-vty)#password myvtypassword
Dell(config-line-vty)#show config
line vty 0
password myvtypassword
login authentication myvtymethodlist
line vty 1
password myvtypassword
login authentication myvtymethodlist
line vty 2
password myvtypassword
login authentication myvtymethodlist
Dell(config-line-vty)#

Setting Timeout for EXEC Privilege Mode

EXEC timeout is a basic security feature that returns Dell Networking OS to EXEC mode after a period of inactivity on the terminal lines.
To set timeout, use the following commands.
• Set the number of minutes and seconds. The default is 10 minutes on the console and 30 minutes on VTY. Disable EXEC time out
by setting the timeout period to 0.
LINE mode
exec-timeout minutes [seconds]
• Return to the default timeout values.
LINE mode
no exec-timeout
Example of Setting the Timeout Period for EXEC Privilege Mode
The following example shows how to set the timeout period and how to view the configuration using the show config command from
LINE mode.
Dell(conf)#line con 0
Dell(config-line-console)#exec-timeout 0
Dell(config-line-console)#show config
line console 0
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