On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Sancho Neves-Graca wrote: >I use Red Hat Linux 7.3 to serve X11 applications over SSH. The client >for these applications is Mac OS X running X11 client. The SSH >connections drop after a few hours of inactivity on the client side. >However, I would like to keep the connections open, such that the X11 >applications are still alive from one day to another. > >For the Red Hat Linux server, in file /etc/ssh/sshd_config I added the >following options > >KeepAlive yes >ClientAliveInterval 180 >ClientAliveCountMax 1440 180*1440 is very high. You're asking sshd to wait 3 days without getting a response before declaring the client dead and terminating the session. >The above did not solve the problem. I then guessed that the Red Hat >Linux firewall might be shutting down the connections. However, after >stopping the firewall the problem persists. If it's not firewall related, I'd suggest running the client with "ssh -v", or if that sheds no light, using tcpdump at both ends to watch exactly what happens when the connection dies. Cheers, Phil _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
