[TriLUG] SSH via CygWin

[Jon Carnes]

On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 18:38, Scott Chilcote wrote:
> Jaimie Livingston wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > I SSH into various servers using CygWin. There are a few servers that time
> > out my SSH connection after a few minutes of inactivity.
> > 
> > What controls this? Is it a firewall rule, a kernel setting, or a client
> > setting? 
> > If it's even possible, what's the best method to change this behaviour at
> > the user level?
> 
> Hi Jaimie,
> 
> There is more than one way to make an sshd server time out an idle 
> connection.  I doubt there's any direct way for the client (e.g. the 
> user's ssh command) to override this setting.
> 
> It's usually a good thing to allow the server administrator to decide 
> how long a user can remain idle.  This allows the connection to be 
> closed if the user's system loses its internet connection, or if the 
> user forgets to disconnect and gets up and leaves his terminal session 
> unattended.
> 
> If you're using public key authentication, there may be a timeout set in 
> the authorized keys file for the account you're connecting to.  This is 
> described here:
> 
>    http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sshtdg/chapter/ch08.html
> 
> In general the idle timeout would be set in the server's 
> /etc/sshd_config file, unless a different config file is being passed to 
> sshd on the command line.
> 
> --
> Scott C.

You might want to setup access using authorization keys.  That way if
you get timed out, you just have to double-click on the icon and <bam>
you are connected.

Good Luck - Jon