Op 07-01-2008 om 00:12 schreef Frans Pop: <snip/> > However, the fact remains that _we_ have so far not been able to reproduce > the issue. As I've said earlier, I've had an SSH install sitting unused for > over 4 hours without the connection being lost, with basically default SSH > settings both on the SSH client machine and in the installer. > > So the question still is _why_ ssh drops the connection in your case. > AFAICT from reading the SSH documentation, the default SSH settings that are > used in the installer do _not_ poll the client to see if it is still there, > so it is unlikely that the server is responsible for dropping the > connection. > > Maybe you could try running your ssh client with maximum verbosity options > to see what is going on?
Please tell also about the network configuration, especially the Domain Name Server setup. I suspect that due incomplete DNS configuration the installer can not reverse lookup the FQDN of the client, which results in different time-out behaviour. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]