[webmin-l] Re: How to change FTP Timeout?

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From: Prodos (Melbourne, Australia)


Good afternoon!


Prodos:
> > My WS_FTP times out after a couple of minutes
> > if I'm not using it and I have to keep reconnecting.
> >
> > Is that due to some setting in my WEBMIN?
> >
> > If so, how can I change this please?
> >


Mark:
> FTP timeout is set by the ftp server (wu-ftp or proftpd).
> 
> In wu-ftp its in the ftpaccess file "timeout idle 900" where 900 is seconds.
> (I use File Manager as webmin does not seem to have access to this value?)
> 
> In proftpd "TimeoutNoTransfer    900" in the proftpd.conf which you can edit
> via the proftpd module in webmin.
> (the "Networking" part has access as well.)
> 
> So its quite normal for your ftp client to timeout if idle.
> 


Thanks for those notes. I'm unfamiliar with WU-FTP and PROFTPD.
I went to the WU-FTP download site @  
http://www.wu-ftpd.org/
... which says:
The current version of WU-FTPD is 2.6.2 and is available from
ftp.wu-ftpd.org

But when I clicked on this dowload page it took me to some strange
looking page that I couldn't fathom.

Getting back to WS_FTP LE ....

From the WS_FTP User's Guide @ 
http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/WS_FTP-Server/guide/v3/ch4_remotemgt4.html

     Idle. The number of seconds the session has been idle. 
    "Idle" means the server has not received a command or
     data from the client and has not sent a response or data
     to the client for the reported number of seconds. You can
     control the amount of idle time allowed for a session by 
     setting a Timeout value in the host's properties. 

It refers to the "host's properties". Doesn't that mean WEBMIN in this
case?

I used to have all my websites hosted by some Australian
company a year ago and, if I remember correctly, they
made some adjustment at their end which kept my
WS_FTP connected for over an hour if it was idle.

That's why I was wondering whether there's a way to
do a simliar thing via WEBMIN.


Best Wishes,

PRODOS

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