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From: derek@idirect.com (Derek Snider)
Subject: Re: PPP Timeoutes.
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David B. Bauman (david@terra.igcom.net) wrote:
: Jamie Bekkers (jamie@bekkers.com.au) wrote:
: : Hi.

: : We have several dialin lines to our BSDI 2.1 box, they are using a Digi 
: : Board.  We give the users a ppp shell.  How can be detect if they have 
: : not had any access for a period of time and terminate their connection. 
: : TIA
: : -- 

: Check out "pppconfig"

: David Bauman
: InterGlobal Communications, Inc.

pppconfig <ppp#> idletime # doesn't work in BSDI 2.0.1, does it work in 2.1?

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