How to Avoid Admin Session Timeouts

• To prevent an Administrator session from idling out, run the following command:

admin@anuragFW> configure
Entering configuration mode
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admin@anuragFW# set deviceconfig setting management idle-timeout
 0           never
 <value>     <1-1440>

admin@anuragFW# set deviceconfig setting management idle-timeout 0

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admin@anuragFW# commit

Note: The default value is 60 minutes.

• The idle-timeout value can be modified from the GUI as well:

The drop-down shows the two predefined values of 0 (never) and 60 (default).

• To verify the current CLI idle-timeout value, use the following command:

admin@anuragFW> show cli idle-timeout

Idle timeout for this session is 0 minutes
Remaining time for this session is 0 minutes 0 seconds

Note: A value of '0' above indicates a never-idling session

• To change the idle-timeout for a particular CLI session, run the following command in that session: 

admin@anuragFW> set cli timeout idle
 never      never timeout
 <value>    <1-1440> 0 - 1440 minutes

admin@anuragFW> set cli timeout idle 35

Successfully changed timeout value(s)

See also 

How to clear existing admin sessions

Displaying the configuration in a friendly format

owner: ansharma