AFP server: idle disconnect

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On 10/10/07, Noam Birnbaum <noam at maccentricsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> At a few different network-home-folder installations with Tiger
> Server and client, I've seen an annoying behavior: if a client force-
> restarts or doesn't log off properly for whatever reason, the AFP
> connection to the server will be retained.  When the client then
> restarts and logs back into their home folder, file-locking issues
> may arise.  The only fix I've found is to manually disconnect the
> original AFP session in Server Admin -- which, of course, the
> customer needs us to connect in to accomplish.
>
> What a pain!  I've been eyeing the AFP settings in Server Admin to
> disallow client sleeping and to disconnect idle clients.  However,
> since my knowledge of what "sleeping" and "idleness" means is hazy,
> I'm concerned that a logged-in user will leave their workstation to
> go to lunch and come back to find their home folder has been logged
> out and they've lost unsaved changes in documents!
>
> Any thoughts on how to change those settings to resolve this problem?
>
>

There appear to be a lot of leads here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mac+os+x+server+idle+timeout&btnG=Google+Search