[cisco-nas] session- versus exec-timeout

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Hauke Krull <> wrote on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:00 PM:

> Hi!
> 
> I'm not sure if this is the right list to post this question - so,
> sorry if not. 
> 
> Even after reading the the cisco command reference I don't understand
> the difference between the two line-config commands
> 'session-timeout' and
> 'exec-timeout'.
> 
> What's the difference? When should I use which?

what are you trying to achieve? exec-timeout is an idle timeout for exec
sessions (i.e. telnet/ssh to the router). the session-timeout applies to
all sessions, i.e. exec, ppp, etc, the sessions are unconditionally
cleared after the session-timeout expires. 

	oli