sftp idle-timeout

Function

The sftp idle-timeout command sets the timeout period for an sftp client to suspend connection from the SSH server.

The undo sftp idle-timeout command restores the default timeout period.

By default, the timeout period is 10 minutes.

Format

sftp idle-timeout minutes [ seconds ]

undo sftp idle-timeout

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
minutes	Specifies the time period in minutes.	It is an integer data type. The value range is from 0 to 35791 minutes.
seconds	Specifies the time period in seconds.	It is an integer data type. The value range is from 0 to 59 seconds.

Parameter

Description

Value

minutes

Specifies the time period in minutes.

It is an integer data type. The value range is from 0 to 35791 minutes.

seconds

Specifies the time period in seconds.

It is an integer data type. The value range is from 0 to 59 seconds.

Views

System view

Default Level

3: Management level

Task Name and Operations

Task Name	Operations
ssh-server	write

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

The sftp idle-timeout command is used to set the timeout period to suspend the connect, if a user does not execute any command for a certain period of time.

User can disable the idle-timeout functionality, by executing the sftp idle-timeout command with zero minute and zero second.

This command takes effect for both ipv4 and ipv6 connections.

Example

# Set the timeout period to 1 minute and 30 seconds.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[~HUAWEI] sftp idle-timeout 1 30