Controlling Telnet And Console Access - Motorola BSR 2000 Configuration And Management Manual

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Controlling Telnet and Console Access

Follow these steps to configure telnet and console access to the BSR:
1. The default time-out value for a telnet session is five minutes. Use the
Note: Setting the telnet session timeout to 0 allows telnet sessions to be
connected indefinitely.
2. The default timeout value for a console session is five minutes. Use the
Note: The default console session timeout setting is 0, which causes the
console sessions to be connected indefinitely. If you do not want console
sessions to be connected indefinitely, for security or other reasons, specify a
value other than 0 using the
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session-timeout telnet command in Global Configuration mode to configure the
amount of time (retroactively) that telnet sessions can stay connected to the BSR:
MOT(config)# session-timeout telnet <0-30>
where:
0-30 is the telnet session limit in minutes.
session-timeout console command in Global Configuration mode to configure
the amount of time (retroactively) that console sessions can stay connected to the
BSR:
MOT(config)# session-timeout console <0-30>
where:
0-30 is the console session limit in minutes.
session-timeout console
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