could also be a firewall timing things out in between client/server. I have this problem with a Netgear wireless router that drops NAT'd connections after 6 hrs, even though they are active established connections. Debian has a "ProtocolKeepAlives" option (man ssh_config) which should help this although it hasn't worked so far with my Netgear. Andrei Bazhgin wrote: > man sshd_config and look for the secions `ClientAliveInterval' and > `ClientAliveCountMax', this option applies to protocol version 2 only. > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 04:16:58PM -0600, Sreekumar Kodakara wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a linux box which runs sshd. This is my server. I ssh to that > > machine to work remotely from home. This client again is a linux box. If I > > leave the session idle for sometime the ssh session gets disconnected. > > Is there anyway to prevent this? The server runs RH 7.1 and the client > > runs RH 9.0. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > Sreekumar -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list