MySQL Connection Sleep

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when mysql processlist will show the following , which may result in mysql "too many connections" issue.

mysql> show processlist;
+------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------+------------------+
| Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info |
+------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------+------------------+
| 3773 | root | localhost | dbName | Sleep | 5300 | | NULL |
| 3861 | root | localhost:41338 | dbName | Sleep | 3038 | | NULL |
| 3862 | root | localhost:41428 | dbName | Sleep | 2974 | | NULL |
| 3863 | root | localhost:41443 | dbName | Sleep | 2959 | | NULL |
| 3864 | root | localhost:57044 | dbName | Sleep | 2880 | | NULL |
| 3865 | root | localhost:57055 | dbName | Sleep | 2866 | | NULL |
| 3866 | root | localhost:51797 | dbName | Sleep | 2281 | | NULL |
| 4015 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 5 | NULL | show processlist |
+------+------+-----------------+---------------+---------+------+-------+----+

We need to update the following variables:
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mysql>SET GLOBAL interactive_timeout = 180;
mysql>SET GLOBAL wait_timeout = 180;
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we can also update the above variables in /etc/my.cnf file.This will not close the connections already open but, it will cause the new connections to close in 180 sec.