set multiauth idle-timeout
15-38 Security Configuration
set multiauth idle-timeout
Usethiscommandtosetthemaximumnumberofconsecutivesecondsanauthenticatedsession
maybeidlebeforeterminationofthesession.
Syntax
set multiauth idle-timeout [dot1x | mac | pwa] timeout
Parameters
Defaults
Ifnoauthenticationmethodisspecified,theidletimeoutvalueissetforallauthentication
methods.
Mode
Switchmode,readwrite.
Usage
Ifyousetanidletimeoutvalue,aMACuserwhoseMACaddresshasagedoutoftheforwarding
databasewillbeunauthenticatedifnotraffichasbeenseenfromthataddressforthespecifiedidle
timeoutperiod.
Avalueofzeroindicatesthatnoidletimeoutwillbeappliedunlessanidletimeoutvalueis
providedbytheauthenticatingserver.Forexample,ifasessionisauthenticatedbyaRADIUS
server,thatservermayencodeaIdleTimeoutAttributeinitsauthenticationresponse.
Example
Thisexamplesetstheidletimeoutvalueforallauthenticationmethodsto300seconds.
D2(su)->set multiauth idle-timeout 300
clear multiauth idle-timeout
Usethiscommandtoresetthemaximumnumberofconsecutivesecondsanauthenticatedsession
maybeidlebeforeterminationofthesessiontoitsdefaultvalueof0.
Syntax
clear multiauth idle-timeout [dot1x | mac | pwa]
dot1x(Optional)SpecifiestheIEEE802.1Xportbasednetworkaccesscontrol
authenticationmethodforwhichtosetthetimeoutvalue.
mac (Optional)SpecifiestheEnterasysMACauthenticationmethodfor
whichtosetthetimeoutvalue.
pwa (Optional)SpecifiestheEnterasysPortWeb Authenticationmethodfor
whichtosetthetimeoutvalue.
timeout Specifiesthetimeoutvalueinseconds.Thevaluecan rangefrom0to
65535.Avalueof0meansthatnoidletimeoutwillbeappliedunlessan
idletimeoutvalueisprovidedbytheauthenticatingserver.