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On 09/02/2009 03:28 PM, jeffunit wrote:
> I use ssh from a dos box on windows to connect to other machines, It
> works fine right after I log into windows. After a while, it doesn't work
> reliably.
>
> I type something like 'sftp example.com I get a response 'Connecting to
> example.com...' About 1 time in 10, I get the next line which is
> 'Password:'
>
> This problem has been going on for at least a year, and is not specific
> to a specific release of cygwin. The site 'example.com' is pingable, and
> all other internet access works reliably. I would like to help debug this
> problem in any way I can, to help resolve it.
>
> Any ideas?

I sftp'd and ssh'd to example.com from Fedora 8 and it hung on me too.
This doesn't seem like a Cygwin problem to me.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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