On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Steve Lee wrote: > i don't have that in my sshd_config > is it this instead > > LoginGraceTime 600 That means you have 10 minutes to complete the login process. That doesn't terminate connections. IdeTimeout does that. It can also happen if you have an unstable network and use keepalives, but I don't recommend turning keepalives off. -- Todd A. Jacobs Network Systems Engineer -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.