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I'm trying Debian 8.2.0 in VirtualBox/KVM and I cannot exit from ssh session. While every other linux distros logout successfully, only Debian fails. I'm new to this distro, and I have installed this from net-install iso with no gui (and minimal).
Reproducing this problem:
Start debian 8.2.0 guest in Virtualbox/KVM.
From host's terminal, ssh to guest.
Now shutdown the guest (within ssh).
Guest is shutdown (you can see it in VirtualBox/KVM), but ssh is struck and wont give back command prompt.
Have to break ssh session by ~. every-time to get back host's command prompt.
This happens only to Debian 8.2.0, not for other linux distros.
i have the same behavior with a real debian box, but i don't consider it a problem.
simply close the terminal/shell?
what is the host system?
what shell/terminal are you using to ssh into the guest?
have you tried ctrl+c or ctr+d (i don't know what "~." is)?
GNU bash, version 4.3.42(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
so, is it a terminal emulator from a graphical desktop?
what is wrong with just closing the window/tab?
edit:
to me, it just feels logical and normal that an ssh session freezes when you shut down the machine ssh'd into. not elegant, maybe (and maybe ssh documentation offers asolution?) - but ok.
Some of my machines do this, some don't, I pay no attention to it. As ondoho mentioned, it seems perfectly reasonable to me for the session to hang when the remote host is shut down.
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