Ssh problem

[Jeff]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:47:31 +0200 (CEST), Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> --- Ryan Golhar <golharam at umdnj.edu> escribió:
>
>> Sometimes, when I ssh from one machine to another (both RedHat
>> Enterprise Linux Workstation and Server), the local shell doesn't
>> return
>> after exiting from the remote shell.  Ie I type 'exit' to return
>> to the
>> local computer, the windows clears and nevers returns me to a
>> shell, I have to close the window.
>>
>> It doesn't happen all time, but does not occasion and I've never
>> been
>> able to figure it out.  Any ideas?
>>

I get this problem quite frequently when logging into solaris boxes at work. A friend told me you can force exit the session by typing ~. when it hangs. Not sure if this feature is unique to solaris or the ssh client (putty) but it does the trick for me.

HTH
Jeff