Preventing session timeout via ssh/bash/screen/etc?

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Mar 15, 20267846 views

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On this particular server, it seems that it's configured somehow to close a session if there is no activity after a few minutes. I'm looking for a good way to prevent it from timing out via my setup of sshing to a primary server using PuTTY for which I have 'sending of null packets to keep session …

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Personally I have my screen session include the local clock in the status bar. That updates once a second, which works as a keep-alive. My status bar in .screenrc looks like:

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Preventing session timeout via ssh/bash/screen/etc?

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