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Subject:  Re: SSH Connection Still Active
Date:  Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:08:31 -0600
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O. Olson wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I don=92t know much about networking =96 so if there is
> something obvious with this, let me know.=20
> 	When I ssh from Cygwin to another machine, and then
> close the Cygwin window without logging out, my
> connection to the machine still remains active =96 by
> this second part I mean that after I have closed the
> ssh window if I =93netstat=94 =96 I see the state of the
> connection as =93ESTABLISHED=94. It still remains the same
> state even after many hours.=20

If the other computer is running Windows (non server) then yes, it's normal.
The connection will stay like that until rebooted.

If the other computer is running Unix (choose your flavor:
Linux/Solaris/HP-UX/etc.) or Windows Server x then it's not normal, it shou=
ld
stay for a while and then close.

There's parameters that you can set in /etc/sshd_config that will allow the
server to detect stale connections:

ClientAliveInterval 60
ClientAliveCountMax 3

I have not tried it.
--=20
Ren=E9 Berber


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