ssh sessions in xterms freeze for many minutes whenever they disconnect
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Mar 15, 20263507 viewsConfidence Score0%
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If I ssh to a remote machine and then lose internet connectivity, the session freezes. I can't control-c or otherwise abort and go back to my local xterm or terminal prompt but if I wait several minutes it will do so. There must be some way to force it to abort the remote ssh session when connectiv…
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Fix for: ssh sessions in xterms freeze for many minutes whenever they disconnect
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Tilda period should do what you want ( ). It must be the first thing typed after pressing enter, so press enter and then type it. Here is the manual entry for ssh: ctrl-d might also work. Edit: SSH has a lot of escape character commands built in. Wi…
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