>> I have a small problem. When the TCP/IP network gets busy around here and
>> we try to login to a remote Linux system, there is a timeout after 60
>> seconds. How can we increase the time permitted for login??
>Ken,
>You'll need to get the source to login, edit the timeout value and
>recompile it. There is currently no other way that I am aware of.
With the shadow version of login this can be configured via
/etc/login.defs, along with lots of other potentially useful things.
The worth of using shadow passwords yet having them transmitted over the
air is left as an exercise for the reader...
Dan, G6RMA
-- Dan Glover (rgcmxd.hwcbfgjeb@cus-strasbourg.net)