VPS - SSH crashing/timing out?

Cheetah Designs · 10 Jul 2011 at 16:35

When I login to my VPS via SSH and don't do anything for about 3-5minutes it will crash or timeout and I can't do anything...is this normal?

Is there a workaround to keep it active? CentOS 5 is the OS I use.

memyselfandi · 11 Jul 2011 at 15:43

If the remote host is hardened then it is quite possible that it's set to close sessions after a period of non-activity.

You can try typing:
TIMEOUT=0
TMOUT=0

at the command line once logged in to try and prevent this (if they are doing it via a shell timeout) but ymmv.

jack.mitchell · 11 Jul 2011 at 20:03

Are you on Virgin Media and have a SuperHub by any chance? This has started happening to me since I was upgraded graded to the SuperDud.

Hairybudda · 11 Jul 2011 at 20:05

I never really drop shells on my VPS and i let them idle for hours on end. You said it crashes? Whats the error message?

Cheetah Designs · 17 Jul 2011 at 00:59

jack.mitchell said:
Are you on Virgin Media and have a SuperHub by any chance? This has started happening to me since I was upgraded graded to the SuperDud.

I am, yes.

Hairybudda said:
I never really drop shells on my VPS and i let them idle for hours on end. You said it crashes? Whats the error message?

No error messages, just crashes....can't type or do anything, no response.

I simply close the terminal and open and new one and ssh in again.