Re: Idle Time (ssh, or telnet)
>Hello,
>
> I am completely stumped. From my computer at work (Running RedHat
>6.0) I ssh into my own Server (running Debian 2.2) and I can sit at the
>prompt and type nothing for days and im still logged in,
>
>however when Im at my home workstation (also running debian 2.2) and I ssh
>over to my server (running debian 2.2) i get logged off frequently when idle
>for a couple minutes.
>
> How do I turn off the idle timer so the only timer so that only when
>you leave you disconnect, you get disconnected, not just after a minute or
>so idle.
>
>Thanks in advance!
Nick
Are you using masquerading somewhere in the route for the box that drops
the connections? If so that could be the cause. I disremember the details
but I had this for awhile and that was fixed by tweaking the the ipmasq (or
chains) script on my gateway macine. I can leave idle sessions open for
literally months when set up this way. Before I got that figured out I
would always run a ping or something to make the shell appear active which
was a terrible hack but actually worked occasionally.
If you think this might be the cause send me an e and I'll dig out the info
and get it to the list.
Tom
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