Hi Will.

On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 11:12:16AM +1000, Will Munkara-Kerr wrote:
> I run apache and samba on a particular server - when I am
> logged into this machine and tail -f [the apache] error_log, 
> I am auto disconencted every 10-15 minutes with no error. 
> 
> There is a firewall between myself and the server which I 
> think must drop idle sessions (I do not have administration
> of that particular firewall). 

If you're suspecting an idle session dropout, then it might be worth
using watch to follow the log file instead of tail -f.

watch -d tail error_log
will by default run tail and refresh the screen every 2 seconds.

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