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On Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at 8:17 PM, Mike Schwab 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> 24 hours / 1440 minutes is unlimited, right?
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM Phil Smith III [email protected] wrote:
> 
> > Yes. That's where we started this discussion. That only goes to 24 hours;
> > I want to turn it OFF. Don't even care about jobs, TBH--it's our box.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf
> > Of Matthew Stitt
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 3:30 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT?
> > 
> > I believe it is SMFPRMxx JWT parameter. I think that applies to jobs
> > also. The default is 30 minutes I believe. We have it set to 12 hours.
> > 
> > Matthew
> > 
> > On Wed, 14 May 2025 14:16:20 -0400, Steve Thompson [email protected]
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > About 10 years ago, I used a different way, via OE, to set a timer that
> > > wakes up after x minutes to then go to sleep for another y minutes....
> > > (you can set the loop to terminate after some number of wakeups... So
> > > running ISPF this was started using
> > > =6 (?) in the active ISPF session as I recall. I seem to remember
> > > having to hit PA1 or ATTN to get control back.
> > > 
> > > Since the TSO session appears active because of this minimal amount of
> > > activity, it will not get logged off until you cross the TIME limit. So
> > > if you have the SMF exit to keep that from happening.....
> > > 
> > > Just an idea.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Steve Thompson
> > > 
> > > On 5/14/2025 1:10 PM, David Spiegel wrote:
> > > 
> > > > +1
> > > > 
> > > > On 2025-05-14 12:56, Phil Smith III wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > As I said, it's a dev system behind a VPN. At any given moment there
> > > > > are an average of zero users connected at the moment. If I connect
> > > > > to check something and leave my connection active, I'd like it to
> > > > > stay connected. There's no reason to force me off per se, ever.
> > > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On
> > > > > Behalf Of David Elliot
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 12:39 PM
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > Subject: Fwd: Disable user timeout via JWT?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there any reason why idle users should not be forced off the
> > > > > system.?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sounds like very sloppy system management.to allow this.
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > > > From: Phil Smith III [email protected]
> > > > > Date: Wed, 14 May 2025, 15:02
> > > > > Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT?
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hmm. Still got an S522 overnight, so I guess that wasn't what you
> > > > > meant?
> > > > > 
> > > > > TWT looks to have the same 24-hour limit as JWT? This is a dev
> > > > > system, we don't want users forced at all. Surely that's not unique,
> > > > > and doesn't require use of an exit?!
> > > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On
> > > > > Behalf Of Phil Smith III
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 5:58 PM
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think I did #2:
> > > > > 
> > > > > //DYNISPFM EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=200,TIME=1440
> > > > > // PARM='%DYNISPF'
> > > > > 
> > > > > That's in my logon PROC. Is that what you meant? Yes, I know very
> > > > > little about this end of z/OS (or most other ends).
> > > > > 
> > > > > I did make the change from IBMUSER and then log off and back on to
> > > > > be sure I wasn't locking myself out!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there a way to look at the time limit for a running job? I
> > > > > scrolled wayyyy right in SDSF and didn't see it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On
> > > > > Behalf Of Radoslaw Skorupka
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:16 AM
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT?
> > > > > 
> > > > > W dniu 10.05.2025 o 16:33, Phil Smith III pisze:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Is there a way to keep idle users from getting forced off?
> > > > > > JWT in
> > > > > > SMFPRMxx is documented as taking values 0001 to 2400. We have a
> > > > > > handful of users on a development system behind a VPN and don't want
> > > > > > them forced off ever. Is there an easy way to achieve this?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Few remarks:
> > > > > 1. Use TWT instead of JWT. TWT is quite new (younger than me
> > > > > ;-) ). It is for TSO users.
> > > > > 2. Use TIME=1440 (or NOLIMIT for modern installations ;-) ) in the
> > > > > logon procedure. It disables both JWT or TWT.
> > > > > 3. Don't forget about TCPIP settings. I can't remember the name, but
> > > > > network folks like to drop inactive sessions. This is independent
> > > > > from JWT/TWT, TIME=1440 and other TSO settings.
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > > Radoslaw Skorupka
> > > > > Lodz, Poland
> > 
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