Setting inactive job timeout used by Telnet

The QINACTMSGQ system value defines the action for the interactive Telnet sessions that are inactive when the inactive job timeout interval expires.

The Timeout interval settings in the Inactive Jobs System Values in System i® Navigator limits the amount of time that any interactive job is allowed to be idle before the IBM® i operating system runs the action that is set in the QINACTMSGQ system value on the interactive job. For Telnet-connected interactive jobs, an action of *DSCJOB is accepted for only named virtual devices. For automatically selected virtual devices (QPADEVxxxx), an action of *DSCJOB causes the interactive job to be ended.

To set the Inactive job time-out parameter for Telnet in System i Navigator, follow these steps:

  1. In System i Navigator, select your system > Network > Servers > TCP/IP.
  2. In the right pane, right-click Telnet and select Properties.
  3. On the Telnet Properties page, click the Time-Out tab.
  4. On the Telnet Properties - Time-Out page, specify the action to take when jobs reach a timeout. You can also specify how long to give an operation before the job times out. You can specify information for both inactive jobs and disconnected jobs.