KB Article #61558

Disconnect timeout for SFTP

Problem

How long is the period of inactivity for SFTP that Gateway (as server) will wait before disconnection?


Resolution


If timeout value of TCP_SFTP entity (conffile) is 0, there is no disconnection.
Otherwise:
- Minimum time for waiting = "initial_timeout" value of TCP_SFTP entity;
- After the minimum waiting, Gateway could disconnect between the interval of timeout and 2x timeout. For example, if "timeout" of TCP_SFTP entity = 20, the disconnection could arrive between 20s and 40 seconds (unless, of course, a network event closing it occurs earlier than that).



Note : these values may be set in the pelsetup.def file.