How to keep ssh connection alive
08 Jul 2020
It can be frustrating when you connect to a server through ssh and your connection is lost after some period of inactivity - you have to connect to the server again.
To avoid this, you need to make a small change in /etc/ssh/ssh_config or ~/.ssh/config. Just add the following:
Save the file and your ssh sessions should last uninterrupted.
To avoid this, you need to make a small change in /etc/ssh/ssh_config or ~/.ssh/config. Just add the following:
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ServerAliveInterval 60Save the file and your ssh sessions should last uninterrupted.
Tested on: Arch Linux, June 2020.
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