On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I re-installed Fedora 8 and now I can get a reverse ssh tunnel (from > server to home) by typing on the server: > >> ssh -R 2022:server.ip:22 home@xxxxxxx > > > Then when at the home computer, I type: > >> ssh -p 2022 server@localhost > > This works fine. The only problem is the connection always times out > even though I've changed the sshd_config files on both machines to keep > it alive. I've restarted the sshd daemon also. Not sure why the > connection keeps closing. > > Rick B. > If you have root access increase the ssh session idle time echo "3600" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time that's 3600 seconds (1hr), you can change it. or just run the command "top" in the active terminal. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list