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I installed OpenSSH v2.3.0p1 and this problem is not there!!
In the change log there is the following notation:
20001015
- (djm) Fix ssh2 hang on background processes at logout.
Is it possible that this fix got droped after v2.3?
David Cress wrote:
>
> We just moved from SSH v1.2.27 to OpenSSH v2.5.2p2 on our systems, primarily
> Solaris 7.
>
> If I ssh to a system, start a job that forks off, and try and exit, my
> connection hangs, i.e.
>
> atlcn291# /opt/ns/https-cnn/start
> <iPlanet start messages>
> atlcn291# exit
>
> HANG
>
> This is very bad, we have scripts that do automated procedures, when they hang
> processing the first of over 200 machines, it causes us a bit of a problem. :)
>
> We also see this problem on our RedHat 6.2 machines.
>
> Interestingly enough, this only occurs with the C, and Korn shells, the Bourne
> shell does not hang. I believe this is because the Bourne shell has no job
> control.
>
> We saw this problem in SSH v1.2.30, so moved back to v1.2.27, we really need to
> move to v2 of SSH, but .....
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
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David Cress
Manager, System Administration Services
CNN Internet Technologies
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