On 6/26/06, Will McDonald <wmcdonald at gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. Thanks for the suggestion. The SOP has been changed to incorporate the suggestion as follows: 1. SSH to the destination 2. At the destination, invoke screen The failure modality should be interesting. rgds/ldv