On 07/17/2016 04:02 PM, Mick wrote:
> I am not sure of the correct approach to achieve a prolonged remote debugging
> session through SSH and avoid the SSH session timing out.
>
> This is what I try to achieve:
>
> I login into a router with SSH from my PC. Then I can run certain commands
> to
> start and monitor a debugging session in the router. However, if I leave
> alone the SSH session, it will soon time out. The debugging only runs while
> the session is live. Exiting the SSH session causes all debug output to be
> lost.
Take a look at screen or tmux. man screen, man tmux.
>
> If I continue to run (router) commands on the terminal, while the debugging
> is
> running, the SSH time out is postponed.
you may also want to tweak some timeout options in your sshd_config
>
> What do you suggest I try on an SSH terminal from my PC to keep running
> recurring commands after I have connected to the router? I will need to keep
> a debugging session going for some hours, in order to collect the data I'm
> after.
>
