---
title: "session"
slug: "cli-sc-session"
updated: 2025-07-02T03:15:20Z
published: 2025-09-03T14:11:33Z
canonical: "docs.crossworkassurance.cisco.com/cli-sc-session"
---

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# session

## session edit

session edit - Allows you to edit the session configuration

**Description:** session edit allows you to change the maximum number of sessions allowed at one time as well as the timeout values for idle sessions.

**Syntax:**

```
  session edit {
            {auth-order {local | local-pca-aaa  | radius | local-radius |
                         radius-local | strict-radius-local |
                         tacacs+ | local-tacacs+ |
                         tacacs+-local | strict-tacacs+-local}} |
            {maxsessions <decimal>} |
            {maxclisessions <decimal>} |
            {maxwebsessions <decimal>} |
            {timeoutcli <0-1800>} |
            {timeoutweb <0-1800>} |
            {telnet-server {enable | disable}} |
            {file-transfer-timeout <decimal>}}+
            {notices {enable | disable}} |
```

**Parameters:**

| Parameter | Description |
| --- | --- |
| auth-order | Authentication client to use in order of availability. |
| maxsessions | Total number of CLI and Web sessions that are supported at the same time. |
| maxclisessions | Maximum number of CLI sessions that are supported at the same time. |
| maxwebsessions | Maximum number of Web sessions that are supported at the same time. |
| timeoutcli | Maximum number of seconds that a CLI session can remain idle before it is automatically logged out (0 means use maximum timeout). |
| timeoutweb | Maximum number of seconds that a Web session can remain idle before it is automatically logged out (0 means use maximum timeout). |
| telnet-server | Enable or disable the telnet server on the unit. |
| file-transfer-timeout | Maximum number of seconds that a file transfer session can remain idle before it automatically closes the connection. (min. 900sec and max. 3600sec) |
| notices | Enable or disable notices. |

## session show configuration

session show configuration - Show the session configuration parameters

**Description:** session show configuration will show the maximum number of sessions allowed at a time as well as the timeout values for idle sessions.

**Syntax:**

```
  session show configuration
```

## session show status

session show status - Show logged users information

**Description:** session show status will show the status and information about all logged-in users.

**Syntax:**

```
  session show status
```

## session terminate

session terminate - Terminate the specified session

**Description:** session terminate will terminate the specified GUI or CLI session. The session identifier is listed in session show status.

**Syntax:**

```
  session terminate {<session-id>}
```

**Parameters:**

| Parameter | Description |
| --- | --- |
| <session-id> | <decimal> |

## session writelock

session writelock - Take hold of the writelock

**Description:** session writelock ensures that no other sessions can make modifications to the unit configuration at the same time.

**Syntax:**

```
  session writelock
```

## session writeunlock

session writeunlock - Return the writelock

**Description:** session writeunlock returns the writelock so that another session can take hold of it.

**Syntax:**

```
  session writeunlock
```

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