On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:14:23AM -0700, Chris Lupo wrote:
> After some period of inactivity, my ssh (ssh2) sessions drop. I haven't
> actually measured how long that time period is, but its about 10 minutes
> maybe less. I'd really like to extend that time, if not disable the
> timeout all together.
>
> I really only ssh to my ece machine at school, so I haven't tried other
> machines on different networks, but I know other students who don't have
> this problem.
>
> It happens even when my network traffic is not idle, i.e. I can be surfing
> and the ssh connection will drop.
>
> Anyone know how to do something about this?
> Im using ssh2: SSH Secure Shell 2.4.0 (non-commercial version) on
> i686-pc-linux-gnu
Openssh and ssh1 don't do that as far as I know; I've had sessions open for
days with no activity.
Rather than a facist restriction in SSH2, could there be network trouble? Do
you get any errot message? 'Connection reset by peer' or similar?
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