On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Kimball Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I occasionally have to remotely admin a server at the office from home. > > I have it set up to only allow a few hosts access via ssh, and my home > static IP is on the permitted list. (using hosts.allow, hosts.deny) > > I can connect to and log into the server just fine. The session works great > as long as I am actively doing something in the shell. However, if I let it > sit idle for (it seems) < 1 minute, the session seems to just lock up.
That seems like a pretty quick timeout to lock up. Maybe your firewall is shutting down the connection prematurely. I wonder if tinkering with the values in /proc on your firewall could help: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_* /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
