ssh time out

[Patrick Dupre]

On Sat, 27 Jun 2009, Konstantin Svist wrote:

> Patrick Dupre wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to increase the timeout of the ssh session, so I set
>> ClientAliveInterval 7200
>> in the file: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>> but I did not observe any change.
>> What am I doing wrong ?
>>
>> Thank
>>
>
> The TCP connection may be timing out (if you're behind a firewall
> someone else controls, for instance)
>
> Whatever the case may be, try adding these to sshd_config:
> |KeepAlive yes
would it be TCPKeepAlive ?

> ClientAliveInterval 60
>
> This should make the server ping the client every 60 seconds. TCP
> connection will see "activity" and not turn off.
> |
>
>

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