[Gllug] Why does this happen

[Ian Northeast]

Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:18:05PM +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> 
>>Four years of Linux usage finally snapped:
>>
>>launch terminal -- shh to some box --- muck about --- type 'exit' ---
>>don't get back a prompt on the local box
> 
> 
> does "muck about" include launching a process on the target box
> that continues to run in the background and therefore keeps your
> ssh connection up?

I've found it sometimes happens if I've used a local tunnel, especially 
if I've tunnelled onto a web server. Possibly the web server is 
configured to leave connections open for longer than is normal - I'll 
check next time it happens.

When it does, ctrl-C normally gets out.

Regards, Ian

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