Chapter 3 Setting Up the Sensor

Changing the CLI Session Timeout

Changing the CLI Session Timeout

Use the cli-inactivity-timeoutcommand in the service authentication submode to change the number of seconds that the CLI waits before timing out. Setting the CLI session timeout increases the security of a CLI session. The default is 0 seconds, which means that it is an unlimited value and thus will never time out. The valid range is 0 to 100,000 minutes.

To change the CLI session timeout, follow these steps:

Step 1 Log in to the sensor using an account with administrator privileges.

Step 2 Enter authentication mode.

sensor# configure terminal

sensor(config)# service authentication

Step 3 Change the number of seconds of the CLI session timeout.

sensor(config-aut)#cli-inactivity-timeout 5000

Step 4 Verify the CLI session timeout change.

sensor(config-aut)# show settings

attemptLimit: 0 <defaulted> password-strength

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size: 8-64 <defaulted>

digits-min: 0 <defaulted>

uppercase-min: 0 <defaulted>

lowercase-min: 0 <defaulted>

other-min: 0 <defaulted>

number-old-passwords: 0 <defaulted>

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permit-packet-logging: true <defaulted>

cli-inactivity-timeout: 5000 default: 0 sensor(config-aut)#

Step 5 Change the value back to the default.

sensor(config-aut)#default cli-inactivity-timeout

Step 6 Verify the value has been set back to the default.

sensor(config-aut)# show settings

attemptLimit: 0 <defaulted> password-strength

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size: 8-64 <defaulted>

digits-min: 0 <defaulted>

uppercase-min: 0 <defaulted>

lowercase-min: 0 <defaulted>

other-min: 0 <defaulted>

number-old-passwords: 0 <defaulted>

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permit-packet-logging: true <defaulted>

cli-inactivity-timeout: 0 <defaulted> sensor(config-aut)#

Step 7 Exit authentication mode.

sensor(config-aut)# exit Apply Changes:?[yes]:

 

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