[Discuss] Please help with a question about Bash timeout intervals

[marco.milano at gmx.com (Marco Milano)]

On 10/2/20 6:44 PM, E. William Horne wrote:
> Thanks for reading this.
>
> I am (still) the Moderator of The Telecom Digest. <http://telecom-digest.org/> I use a virtual server at M.I.T., to
> evaluate and approve posts for the Digest.
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> The work requires frequent visits to various web sites, and searches to obtain more information. Because of that, I
> often find that my ssh session has timed out, and that I must login again to continue working.
>
> Please tell me about the timeout intervals which are customary in Ubuntu Linux, in Bash, and in ssh: I need to extend them.
>
> Thanks you in advance.
>
> Bill Horne
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This is what I use in my ssh config file, works for me:

ServerAliveInterval 55


-- Marco