Question
How to change session idle timeout (login timeout) in Plesk?
Answer
Note: Session idle time can be changed only by a Plesk Administrator.
Adjusting session idle time via Plesk
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Go to Tools & Settings and click Session Idle Time (under Security).
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On the Session Settings page, adjust session idle time and click OK to apply the changes.
Adjusting session idle time via a command-line interface
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Connect to a Plesk server via SSH (Linux) / RDP (Windows Server).
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Run the command below to update session idle time (on Windows Server, start a command prompt as an Administrator:
Note: Replace 120 with your own value (in minutes).
# plesk db “update misc set val=120 where param=’login_timeout'”
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Check the current value:
# plesk db “select * from misc where param=’login_timeout'”
+—————+—–+
| param | val |
+—————+—–+
| login_timeout | 120 |
+—————+—–+
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