Thomas Karpiniec wrote: >> If I try to ssh to a remote server which is down, SSH takes some minutes >> to determine if it really up or not. Does SSH have an option to fix >> this time interval during which ssh client is trying to make a >> connection to the remote server? > > Take a look at the ssh_config(5) manpage, specifically the > ConnectTimeout option. The ssh(1) manpage shows how to use this on the > command line if you'd rather set it there. Manpages are good.
Yes, I understand. I did see the man page though, and did search for 'time' and did get the variable. My mistake was that I did not try it myself. A cursory search on google told me it had to do something with connection being timed out if there was no transfer. My additional mistake for not following it up; in hindsight that was wrong understanding. But I only checked 'man ssh' and that does not explain the meaning of the variables. Did not occur to me to check manpage for ssh_config. I thank you for mentioning this, it will be quite helpful in the future. I also thank Jeff for pointing that out. Regards. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
