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103: SFTP S
HAPTER
Configuring the SFTP
Connection Idle Timeout
Period
Configuring an SFTP
Client
Specifying a Source IP
Address or Interface for
the SFTP Client
Establishing a
Connection to the SFTP
Server
ERVICE
Once the idle period of an SFTP connection exceeds the specified threshold, the
system automatically tears the connection down, so that a user cannot occupy a
connection for nothing.
Follow these steps to configure the SFTP connection idle timeout period:
To do...
Enter system view
Configure the SFTP
connection idle timeout
period
You can configure a client to use only a specified source IP address or interface to
access the SFTP server, thus enhancing the service manageability.
Follow these steps to specify a source IP address or interface for the SFTP client:
To do...
Enter system view
Specify a
Specify a source
source IP
IPv4 address or
address or
interface for the
interface for
SFTP client
the SFTP client
Specify a source
IPv6 address or
interface for the
SFTP client
This configuration task is to enable the SFTP client to establish a connection with
the remote SFTP server and enter SFTP client view.
Follow these steps to enable the SFTP client:
Use the command...
system-view
sftp server idle-timeout
time-out-value
Use the command...
system-view
sftp client source { ip
ip-address | interface
interface-type
interface-number }
sftp client ipv6 source
{ ipv6 ipv6-address |
interface interface-type
interface-number }
Remarks
-
Required
10 minutes by default
Remarks
-
Use one command as
required.
By default, an SFTP client uses
the interface address
specified by the route of the
device to access the SFTP
server.
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