Q: Idle afp Connections
Hi,
I'm wondering if someone with a better understanding of afp settings than I can take a look at the settings and make sure they mean what I think they do. We're using afp because we have clients from 10.9 to 10.11 with a 10.11 server and Apple's smb implementation still seems a bit twitchy.
I'm trying to set it up so clients are disconnected within a couple days if they shut down without logging off, or otherwise otherwise go idle. The disconnects don't seem to be happening within the time I think they should.
afp:idleDisconnectOnOff = yes
afp:idleDisconnectTime = 12
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:adminUsers = no
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:registeredUsers = yes
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:usersWithOpenFiles = no
afp:idleDisconnectFlag:guestUsers = yes
afp:reconnectTTLInMin = 1440
afp:tickleTime = 30
From what I could find (kryped and old panther documentation), the above settings mean this:
Disconnect clients that have been idle for 12 hours, but not if they are admins or have files open. After 12 hours, they have another 24 hours to re-establish a connection, otherwise they have to log in again. The server will check every 30 seconds to see if the client is there.
I assume this means no user should appear in the Server app's Connected Users list with more than 1 day, 12 hours "Idle Time". Yet, they do. For days. So I'm baffled.
Thanks,
Jeff
Many, Xserves, MBPs, Minis, iMacs, etc
Posted on Jun 15, 2016 10:55 AM