Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:46:17 -0400 From: Ben Rosengart <questions@narcissus.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stray sshd processes Message-ID: <20030409204617.GA7791@narcissus.net> In-Reply-To: <44smsrv23y.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20030407202027.GA32057@narcissus.net> <44smsrv23y.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 04:37:37PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Ben Rosengart <questions@narcissus.net> writes: > > > Hello, > > I'm running STABLE as of about a month ago. I have a shell user whose > > ssh connection is sometimes disconnected by a firewall between her > > network and mine. When this happens, the privileged sshd child for her > > session does not terminate. Once a number of them equal to "MaxStartups" > > accumulates, new connections cannot be made, which is annoying, to say > > the least. Odd addendum: the disconnects were a red herring. This happens whenever the user logs in and out. > The firewall probably drops everything for the session afterwards. > Adding keepalives would probably help... They're on by default: % grep -i keepalive /etc/ssh/sshd_config #KeepAlive yes -- Ben "When I say 'literally', I literally mean 'literally'."
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