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idle-timeout (System)

Syntax

Hierarchy Level

Description

Configure the maximum time for which the C shell or CLI console session can be idle. A non-root user is logged out from the system after the expiry of idle-timeout. The root user is logged out of the CLI console session after the expiry of idle-timeout and is logged out of the C shell after the expiry of another idle-timeout. For instance, if you configure idle-timeout as 5 minutes, the non-root user is logged out of the system after 5 minutes. However, the root user is logged out of the system after 10 minutes.

Options

idle-timeout

Maximum idle time before logout.

  • Range: 1 through 60 minutes

Required Privilege Level

admin—To view this statement in the configuration.

admin-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

Release Information

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 16.1.