ftp timeouts?

[Jeffry Killen]

On May 23, 2015, at 4:11 AM, Polytropon wrote:

> On Fri, 22 May 2015 18:37:17 -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote:
>> I use another machine on local network to connect to it via ftp.  
>> But I
>> notice the ftp
>> connection from the client is dropped after a certain amount of
>> inactivity.  If I open a file
>> and spend too much time editing the file before saving back to the
>> server, the connection
>> is delayed for some 30 seconds before the save process is executed.
>>
>> It also seems to be using SFTP because when I first make the
>> connection my
>> ftp client (gui Fetch on Mac OSX 10.6x) asks me to enter the password
>> even
>> though it is already in the shortcut record.
>>
>> What configuration file would this be dependent on. And what  
>> value(s)?
>>
>> Note: I do have ftp called by inetd.
>
> You can do the following: First, read "man ftpd", then use
> the -t flag in /etc/ined.conf, for example:
>
> ftp stream  tcp  nowait  root  /usr/libexec/ftpd  ftpd -ll -t 60
>                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> This will provide a timeout of 60 minutes. Clients _might_
> request a lower timeout value, so check your client's settings
> as well.
>

Thank you
JK