Yes. That's where we started this discussion. That only goes to 24 hours; I want to turn it OFF. Don't even care about jobs, TBH--it's our box.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 3:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? I believe it is SMFPRMxx JWT parameter. I think that applies to jobs also. The default is 30 minutes I believe. We have it set to 12 hours. Matthew On Wed, 14 May 2025 14:16:20 -0400, Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> wrote: >About 10 years ago, I used a different way, via OE, to set a timer that >wakes up after x minutes to then go to sleep for another y minutes.... >(you can set the loop to terminate after some number of wakeups... So >running ISPF this was started using >=6 (?) in the active ISPF session as I recall. I seem to remember >having to hit PA1 or ATTN to get control back. > >Since the TSO session appears active because of this minimal amount of >activity, it will not get logged off until you cross the TIME limit. So >if you have the SMF exit to keep that from happening..... > >Just an idea. > >Regards, >Steve Thompson > >On 5/14/2025 1:10 PM, David Spiegel wrote: >> +1 >> >> On 2025-05-14 12:56, Phil Smith III wrote: >>> As I said, it's a dev system behind a VPN. At any given moment there >>> are an average of zero users connected at the moment. If I connect >>> to check something and leave my connection active, I'd like it to >>> stay connected. There's no reason to force me off per se, ever. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On >>> Behalf Of David Elliot >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 12:39 PM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Fwd: Disable user timeout via JWT? >>> >>> Is there any reason why idle users should not be forced off the >>> system.? >>> >>> Sounds like very sloppy system management.to allow this. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> >>> Date: Wed, 14 May 2025, 15:02 >>> Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? >>> To: <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> >>> >>> >>> Hmm. Still got an S522 overnight, so I guess that wasn't what you >>> meant? >>> >>> TWT looks to have the same 24-hour limit as JWT? This is a dev >>> system, we don't want users forced at all. Surely that's not unique, >>> and doesn't require use of an exit?! >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On >>> Behalf Of Phil Smith III >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 5:58 PM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? >>> >>> I think I did #2: >>> >>> //DYNISPFM EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=200,TIME=1440 >>> // PARM='%DYNISPF' >>> >>> That's in my logon PROC. Is that what you meant? Yes, I know very >>> little about this end of z/OS (or most other ends). >>> >>> I did make the change from IBMUSER and then log off and back on to >>> be sure I wasn't locking myself out! >>> >>> Is there a way to look at the time limit for a running job? I >>> scrolled wayyyy right in SDSF and didn't see it. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On >>> Behalf Of Radoslaw Skorupka >>> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:16 AM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? >>> >>> W dniu 10.05.2025 o 16:33, Phil Smith III pisze: >>>> Is there a way to keep idle users from getting forced off? >>>> JWT in >>> SMFPRMxx is documented as taking values 0001 to 2400. We have a >>> handful of users on a development system behind a VPN and don't want >>> them forced off ever. Is there an easy way to achieve this? >>> >>> Few remarks: >>> 1. Use TWT instead of JWT. TWT is quite new (younger than me >>> ;-) ). It is for TSO users. >>> 2. Use TIME=1440 (or NOLIMIT for modern installations ;-) ) in the >>> logon procedure. It disables both JWT or TWT. >>> 3. Don't forget about TCPIP settings. I can't remember the name, but >>> network folks like to drop inactive sessions. This is independent >>> from JWT/TWT, TIME=1440 and other TSO settings. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Radoslaw Skorupka >>> Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
