On Feb 5, 2004 at 14:49, Jeremy in a soothing rage wrote: [...] >The problem... > >Telnet/SSH connections to the machine, from the outside world, disconnect after >5-10 minutes of inactivity. For example, I can have 3 SSH connections to my >box, neglect one window for a few minutes, and when I go to that window and >start typing, I get a message from PuTTY saying I got disconnected. In PuTTY under Connection make sure the 'Seconds between keepalives' is not 0, mine is set to 60. On the server check /etc/ssh/sshd_config. If 'KeepAlive yes' set? In no, set it and restart sshd. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 Bus error -- please leave by the rear door. 10:11:21 up 64 days, 14:58, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00