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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh_config.5')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh_config.5 | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index 473971e63..3172fd441 100644 --- a/ssh_config.5 +++ b/ssh_config.5 | |||
@@ -205,8 +205,12 @@ Valid arguments are | |||
205 | If set to | 205 | If set to |
206 | .Dq yes , | 206 | .Dq yes , |
207 | passphrase/password querying will be disabled. | 207 | passphrase/password querying will be disabled. |
208 | In addition, the | ||
209 | .Cm ServerAliveInterval | ||
210 | option will be set to 300 seconds by default. | ||
208 | This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user | 211 | This option is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where no user |
209 | is present to supply the password. | 212 | is present to supply the password, |
213 | and where it is desirable to detect a broken network swiftly. | ||
210 | The argument must be | 214 | The argument must be |
211 | .Dq yes | 215 | .Dq yes |
212 | or | 216 | or |
@@ -1305,8 +1309,15 @@ from the server, | |||
1305 | will send a message through the encrypted | 1309 | will send a message through the encrypted |
1306 | channel to request a response from the server. | 1310 | channel to request a response from the server. |
1307 | The default | 1311 | The default |
1308 | is 0, indicating that these messages will not be sent to the server. | 1312 | is 0, indicating that these messages will not be sent to the server, |
1313 | or 300 if the | ||
1314 | .Cm BatchMode | ||
1315 | option is set. | ||
1309 | This option applies to protocol version 2 only. | 1316 | This option applies to protocol version 2 only. |
1317 | .Cm ProtocolKeepAlives | ||
1318 | and | ||
1319 | .Cm SetupTimeOut | ||
1320 | are Debian-specific compatibility aliases for this option. | ||
1310 | .It Cm StrictHostKeyChecking | 1321 | .It Cm StrictHostKeyChecking |
1311 | If this flag is set to | 1322 | If this flag is set to |
1312 | .Dq yes , | 1323 | .Dq yes , |
@@ -1345,6 +1356,12 @@ Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive messages to the | |||
1345 | other side. | 1356 | other side. |
1346 | If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one | 1357 | If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one |
1347 | of the machines will be properly noticed. | 1358 | of the machines will be properly noticed. |
1359 | This option only uses TCP keepalives (as opposed to using ssh level | ||
1360 | keepalives), so takes a long time to notice when the connection dies. | ||
1361 | As such, you probably want | ||
1362 | the | ||
1363 | .Cm ServerAliveInterval | ||
1364 | option as well. | ||
1348 | However, this means that | 1365 | However, this means that |
1349 | connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people | 1366 | connections will die if the route is down temporarily, and some people |
1350 | find it annoying. | 1367 | find it annoying. |