Changing The Logout Timer; Monitoring User Sessions - Cisco 4500M Software Manual

Changing the Logout Timer

To establish a Telnet connection to another device on the network from the switch, perform this task:
Command
Switch# telnet host [ port ]
This example shows how to establish a Telnet connection from the switch to the remote host named
labsparc:
Switch# telnet labsparc
Trying 172.16.10.3...
Connected to labsparc.
Escape character is '^]'.
UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0 (labsparc)
login:
Changing the Logout Timer
The logout timer automatically disconnects a user from the switch when the user is idle for longer than
the specified time. To set the logout timer, perform this task:
Command
Switch# logoutwarning number

Monitoring User Sessions

You can display the currently active user sessions on the switch using the show users command. The
command output lists all active console port and Telnet sessions on the switch.
To display the active user sessions on the switch, perform this task in privileged EXEC mode:
Command
Switch# show users [all]
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Purpose
Opens a Telnet session to a remote host.
Purpose
Changes the logout timer value (a timeout value of 0 prevents idle
sessions from being disconnected automatically).
Use the no keyword to return to the default value.
Purpose
Displays the currently active user sessions on the
switch.
Checking Port Status and Connectivity
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