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autossh, where have you been all my life
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What is that used for, or how do you use it?
I've noticed that I have walked away for 8+ hours and my ssh sessions have stayed open, recently. In the past I expected them to time out. Does autossh address that?
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autossh addresses that, but also if you make frequent use of ssh tunnels, you know how annoying it is for them to go down. ssh tunnels / port forwarding stay open with this method... helpful, because that's part of my email setup.
Christopher Allan Webber at 2014-06-22T21:00:16Z
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