usefulgeek » ssh http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog rants, reviews and kind hearted messages from some geeks Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:48:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Extend the timeout on SSH connections http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/05/extend-the-timeout-on-ssh-connections/ http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/05/extend-the-timeout-on-ssh-connections/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 18:56:00 +0000 jonmoore http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=122
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    There is also a similar server side fix for this.  Consult man ssh_config and man sshd_config for more details.

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