Adjusting the Client Connection Timeout for Linux

Display or change the current timeout period.

To display or change the timeout value, enter:
```
/sbin/sysctl -e net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time
```
If necessary, adjust the timeout perod.
For example, to reduce the timeout period to 15 minutes (900 seconds,) enter:
```
/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4tcp_keepalive_time=900
```