Users Guide

Restrictions for Limiting the Number of Concurrent Sessions

These restrictions apply for limiting the number of concurrent sessions:

• Only the system and security administrators can limit the number of concurrent sessions and enable the clear-line option.

• Users can clear their existing sessions only if the system is congured with the login concurrent-session clear-

line enable command.

Conguring Concurrent Session Limit

To congure concurrent session limit, follow this procedure:

• Limit the number of concurrent sessions for all users.

CONFIGURATION mode

Example of Conguring Concurrent Session Limit

The following example limits the permitted number of concurrent login sessions to 4.

Dell(config)#login concurrent-session limit 4

Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions

To enable the system to clear existing login sessions, follow this procedure:

• Use the following command.

CONFIGURATION mode

Example of Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions

The following example enables you to clear your existing login sessions.

Dell(config)#login concurrent-session clear-line enable

Example of Clearing Existing Sessions

When you try to log in, the following message appears with all your existing concurrent sessions, providing an option to close any one

of the existing sessions:

$ telnet 10.11.178.14

Trying 10.11.178.14...

Connected to 10.11.178.14.

Escape character is '^]'.

Password:

Current sessions for user admin:

Line Location

2 vty 0 10.14.1.97

3 vty 1 10.14.1.97

Clear existing session? [line number/Enter to cancel]:

When you try to create more than the permitted number of sessions, the following message appears, prompting you to close one of

the existing sessions. If you close any of the existing sessions, you are allowed to login.

$ telnet 10.11.178.17

Trying 10.11.178.17...

Connected to 10.11.178.17.

Escape character is '^]'.

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