FTP Timeout

[tribby]

How can I change the FTP timeout from 300 seconds?

I tried adding

TimeoutNoTransfer 900
TimeoutIdle 900

to /etc/proftpd.conf but that didnt work.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Jeremy

[avara]

Try adding the following to fix it:

TimeoutLogin 900

Edit: Actually I don't think that fixes it. Nick, or anyone else... Please let us know how to fix this. It's quite annoying!

[Brad]

I think it caches the configuration somehow. I know I tried everything too at one time, restarting proftp each time and finally gave up, then suddenly it was working and I did nothing but keep the setting in there.

Wish I knew, it works here though, maybe just wait, leave the setting in there.

This is what I have:

TimeoutIdle 1200
TimeoutNoTransfer 1200

[Juanra]

[quote:fc57ffe692][i:fc57ffe692]Originally posted by Brad[/i:fc57ffe692]
This is what I have:

TimeoutIdle 1200
TimeoutNoTransfer 1200
[/quote:fc57ffe692]
That works for me too. Just don't forget to restart proftpd Tribby.

See info at proftpd.org:
[u:fc57ffe692]TimeoutIdle[/u:fc57ffe692]
[u:fc57ffe692]TimeoutLogin[/u:fc57ffe692]
[u:fc57ffe692]TimeoutNoTransfer[/u:fc57ffe692]
[u:fc57ffe692]TimeoutStalled[/u:fc57ffe692]

[Mary B.]

I'd like to change the Idle timeout also, but am having a problem getting to the file. If I try to open /etc/proftpd/ with WS-FTP, I get a 550 proftpd: Permission Denied error. Am I doing it wrong? I'm new at this (as if you couldn't tell!), be gentle!

Mary

[haze]

Lol, you need to log into SSH and edit the file using pico or vi. FTP isn't going to do it for you.

[Mary B.]

Thank you! I need to learn about SSH, can you recommend any good tutorial sites? The only thing I know how to do with SSH is to import an sql file to an empty database.