[Gllug] ftp sessions don't time out for a long time

[Walid Shaari]

On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 12:33, Formi wrote:
> On 11 Oct 2002, Walid Shaari wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 02:22, Formi wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi people,
> > > 
> > >  I have this issue that has been nagging me for quite a long time, one
> > >  of the users of the server uploads quite a lot of files from a 
> > >  btopenworld dial-up account. He says he closes the session properly, he is running
> > >  W2k, I don't remenber the name of the ftp client...
> > > 
> > >  It is now 2:20 am, he disconnected his machine 13 hours ago, but the connection still shows up. 
> > > 
> > >  19849 user1 0 2408  1640 S  0.0  0.9 ftpd: host213-1-136-176.in-addr.btopenworld.com: user1: IDLE 0:00
> > > 
> > >  If it helps the machine is running Red Hat 7.3, and the ftp server is wu-ftpd.
> > >   
> > >  Can somebody shed a light on why the session is not timming out?
> > > 
> > >  Another hint, this also happens with webmin connections. But not as often as the ftp connections, 
> > >  all being done by the same person.
> > 1- I do not use either, but there are several timout directives in
> > wu-ftpd configuration files, have you checked those?
> > 
> > 2- Is it certain specific clients/ general issue?
> > 
> > Walid
> 
> 
>  There is no specific settings on the ftp config files. The following is what the man page says.
There are in the ftpaccess file :
timeout accept <seconds>

       timeout connect <seconds>

       timeout data <seconds>

       timeout idle <seconds>

       timeout maxidle <seconds>

       timeout RFC931 <seconds>

check it online at http://www.wu-ftpd.org/man/ftpaccess.html

> 
> #
>        The ftp server will timeout an inactive session after 15 minutes.  
>   If the -t option is specified, the  inactivity timeout period will be  set to timeout seconds.  
>  A client may also request a different timeout period;  the maximum period allowed may be set to 
>  timeout seconds with the -T option.  The default limit is 2  hours.
> 
> #
> 
>  I only have this problem with one person, who happens to be the owner of the server. 
>  I tought it could have something to do with the firewall, but it was flushed severals times, 
>  and the connection was still there. 

I would investigate it from his end, and learn more about the way
connections are established to the server.

Walid


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