Greg,
I also use PuTTy to access my server at work from home. I have resisted
upgrading because, frankly, I'm really happy with my current setup. I get no
connection errors while using PuTTy even in extended sessions. I can't speak to
the cause and effect of ssh-restarter on the error you receive because "it aint
running in 7.2". But the bottom line seems to be that if ssh-restarter is simply
a script that checks to see if sshd is running every 5 minutes, then the
overhead of ssh-restarter is negligable. Perhaps you can check the script for a
setting that will let you set it to run every 30 minutes instead of every 5 or
maybe there is a -- nolog switch. I like the idea of having sshd restarted if
for some reason it should die. It's kind of a safety net that insures ssh access
will be available when you need it.
Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 July 2003 03:31 pm, David Rankin wrote:
> > Greg,
> >
> > At least in 7.2 I have had sshd running for over 400 days without
> > any stops. My guess is that it is just an extra precaution in case of
> > power failure and the event that sshd isn't started in the default
> > run-level.
> >
> As an anal accountant, I just hate it showing up in my logs every 5 minutes,
> especially when it is always running. Perahps there is a way for it to only
> make a log entry if it actually has to do something.
>
> I wonder also if it has anything to do with some of the connection errors I
> have been getting since being on 9.1. I tunnel vnc through ssh so I can
> access my machine from work. I find that 3 or 4 times throughout the day,
> PuTTy is giving me a connection error. Since I uninstalled sshd-monitor, I
> have not had this happen. Perhaps somehow the restart blows the connection.
>
> --
> /g
>
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