set ssh to never time out on centos 6?

iconus · 05-19-2015, 09:57 PM

I need to set ssh to never time out, is this possible? I have active ssh connections at various times to my servers, and 1 in 5 times one of them time out. Can I prevent this on centos 6?

michaelk · 05-20-2015, 03:21 AM

Check out autossh

http://linuxaria.com/howto/permanent...s-with-autossh

iconus · 05-20-2015, 03:47 AM

Thank you for the link. I installed autossh. How do I configure to keep ssh alive? I'm looking around right now and can't really find a clear answer. I did find:

Code:

autossh -M 2002 -NL 16001:127.0.0.1:161 -f username@host.example.com

but it's not really explained. I don't need anything fancy only if the ssh stops or fails for some reason restart it with autossh.

iconus · 05-20-2015, 04:08 AM

I don't need to tunnel I only want to keep my server alive so could I use something like this:

Code:

autossh -M 2002 -NL 192.168.10.1:161 -f root@192.168.10.1

Would this restart ssh if it fails?

michaelk · 05-20-2015, 05:20 AM

Try:

autossh -M 0 user@myserver

iconus · 05-21-2015, 02:46 AM

Don't I need to provide at least the ssh port? I'm using 88 for ssh port.

michaelk · 05-21-2015, 04:51 AM

In that case try:

autossh -M 2002 user@myserver -p 88