> > > I've been having my (unused interactive) ssh shells closed after a > > > timeout, on some servers.
Spinner is the correct answer :) Many routers ignore tcpkeepalive packets. ADSL routers seem to flush their tcp connection tables after 90 seconds. University uses a timeout largen than 15min. > It's an interesting hack, but besides the essential 'coolness' there are > quite a few drawbacks, to do with spinner's drawn characters > unpredictably ending up in the keyboard buffer, and so on. Use -n and it doesn't poop over the screen any more. Always worked for me. > Look at the ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveMaxCount options for > sshd. More convenient than spinner, but requires a recent sshd and that you control the sshd options. ssh has similar options, but that may require an even newer version. It's all in the man pages. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
