Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 01:15:48 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disabling ssh timeouts? Message-ID: <4A0A5784.3030807@telenix.org> In-Reply-To: <20090513050333.GA4509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20090513050333.GA4509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Steve Kargl wrote: > Is there anyway to disable sshd from timing out a connection? > I've tried setting ClientAliveCountMax and ClientAliveInterval > and TCPKeepAlive in sshd.conf, but no combination that I've > tried has worked. > > I'm trying to running the GCC testsuite, which is not an > interactive job. Once it starts, it writes to stdout when > an error occurs or the testsuite moves to a new major > test category. The last few lines of output are > > Running target unix > Using /usr/X11R6/share/dejagnu/baseboards/unix.exp as board description file for target. > Using /usr/X11R6/share/dejagnu/config/unix.exp as generic interface file for target. > Using /usr/home/sgk/gcc/gcc4x/gcc/testsuite/config/default.exp as tool-and-target-specific interface file. > Running /usr/home/sgk/gcc/gcc4x/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/debug/debug.exp ... > Running /usr/home/sgk/gcc/gcc4x/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/dg.exp ... > > Read from remote host troutmask.apl.washington.edu: Connection reset by peer > Connection to troutmask.apl.washington.edu closed. > > The only way I'v efound to complete a run of the GCC testsuite > is to sit at the terminal and hit enter every so often. Also > note, nohup and backgrounding the job does not inhibit sshd > dropping the connection and losing all testsuite results. > Just saw this answer recently, I forget where, but you set the TCPKeepAlive on, I think that's in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. I liked that one, because in retrospect it's obvious (not so obvious when you need it, but it does make sense now).
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