Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/01/07/16:09:11
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:08:46PM +0100, Adrian Phillips wrote:
> >>>>> "James" == James Hall <james DOT c DOT hall AT ntlworld DOT com> writes:
>
> James> Thanks for responding to my original question. Although
> James> not strictly correct you pointed me in the right
> James> direction. For any one else with this problem:
>
> Does not :-
>
> KeepAlive
> Specifies whether the system should send keepalive messages to
> the other side. If they are sent, death of the connection or
> crash of one of the machines will be properly noticed. This op
> tion only uses TCP keepalives (as opposed to using ssh level
> keepalives), so takes a long time to notice when the connection
> dies. As such, you probably want the ProtocolKeepAlives option as
> well. However, this means that connections will die if the route
> is down temporarily, and some people find it annoying.
>
> The default is ``yes'' (to send keepalives), and the client will
> notice if the network goes down or the remote host dies. This is
> important in scripts, and many users want it too.
>
> To disable keepalives, the value should be set to ``no'' in both
> the server and the client configuration files.
>
> and/or this :-
>
> ProtocolKeepAlives
> Specifies the interval at which SSH_MSG_IGNORE packets will be
> sent to the server during dile periods. Use this option in
> scripts to detect when the network fails. The argument must be an
> integer. The default is 0 (disabled), or 300 if the BtchMode op
> tion is set.
>
> help ? I haven't checked the changes for Cygwin in the OpenSSH code so
> I don't know whether these options should have an affect. Its
> certainly easier than having to mess with the registry,
The Cygwin OpenSSH port is very straightforward. The above options
should work as expected.
Corinna
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