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From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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Subject: Re: ssh + X11 forwarding = a hung ssh process
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In article <20020530164114.A1623@xor.obsecurity.org>,
Kris Kennaway  <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:10:08AM -0700, John Polstra wrote:
> > For example: my desktop machine is "strings" and the other machine
> > is "thin".  I start an xterm like this:
> >
> >     strings$ ssh thin xterm
> >
> > Now I exit the xterm by typing "logout" into it.  The xterm goes away,
> > but the ssh command does not exit.  It just sits there until I kill
> > it.
> 
> I think it's intentional; the ssh tunnel needs to stay open so it can
> do X11 connection forwarding.

Nah, I don't agree with that.  The ssh process should stay around as
long as there is an X11 connection open, but it should die when the
last tunneled X11 connection is closed (i.e., when the remote xterm
exits).  That's what it's traditionally done, and that's the more
useful behavior.

John
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  John Polstra
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