On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 16:12 +0100, Will McDonald wrote: > On 26/06/06, Will McDonald <wmcdonald at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 26/06/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com> wrote: > > > If you put the outputs into a log file and then tail or more them, what > > > are the results? Have you tried running the commands without SSH > > > involvement? > > > > It might also be worth considering the use of Screen under these > > circumstances. He'll be able to reconnect and resume the session, > > assuming it is the SSH connection that's dropping and not the local > > process locking up somehow. Good idea. I was even going to suggest using something besides SH just to see what happened. Regardless, I see there is also this param to SSH (also in the config file) that may have some bearing? -o ConnectTimeout That made me wonder if network congestion might have a role? If results are inconsistent, as indicated IIRC, then congestion of *some* sort seems a likely culprit. > > > > https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen/ > > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Using_screen > > > > (For more see: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Using_screen ) > > Oops, 2nd link should've been... > > http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=using+screen&btnG=Search&meta= > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060626/2ae3796a/attachment-0004.sig>