In article <38d55933-d705-32b2-b0ab-37ebe3887...@rk.phys.keio.ac.jp>, Rin Okuyama <rokuy...@rk.phys.keio.ac.jp> wrote: >sshd_config(5) (r1.23) says: > > LoginGraceTime > The server disconnects after this time if the user has not > successfully logged in. If the value is 0, there is no time > limit. The default is 120 seconds but the default > /etc/ssh/sshd_config overwrites it to 600 seconds. > >However, the corresponding part in /etc/sshd_config (r1.17) is: > > 39 # Authentication: > 40 > 41 #LoginGraceTime 2m > >This non-standard default value of 600s is introduced to sshd_config >r1.2 probably as a workaround for slow machines that cannot establish >authentication within 120s: > > >http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/crypto/external/bsd/openssh/dist/sshd_config#rev1.2 > >But it was removed in r1.14 when OpenSSH 6.8 was imported. I don't know >whether it is intentional or unintentional. > > >http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/crypto/external/bsd/openssh/dist/sshd_config#rev1.14 > >The question is which one, sshd_config or manpage, should be corrected. >IMO, timeout of 600s is still useful for CPUs like i486 or MC68030.
I'll put it back in sshd_config. christos
