Hi,
I use to start this little script manually or from my
.profile

#!/bin/ksh
i=0;
while true;
echo $i;
do sleep 120;
(( i += 2 ));
done

This works for me, even if the server part does not
have x installed. My timeout is 2 minutes due som FW
configurations.

Reg /T

--- "Christopher W. Richardson" <cwr@nexthop.com>
wrote:

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> Hey folks,
> 
> This has been bugging me for at least a year now
> (maybe much
> longer, but I don't want to trust my memory that
> much).  It's
> been low priority, but I have a few minutes, so I
> thought I'd
> ask.
> 
> It is very common practice for me to have to ssh
> sessions up
> between my laptop at home and my work workstation. 
> Typically,
> one of these is just a terminal, and the other is a
> terminal
> running screen.  Inevitably, if I leave it over
> night, the one in
> which screen is running has disconnected (and the
> other one
> hasn't).  Like I said, it's not a huge deal at all,
> since screen
> is running; more of just a curiosity.  What gives? 
> Any ideas?
> 
> The machine at home is running Windows and using
> putty as the ssh
> client.  The one at work has been running various
> versions of
> NetBSD i386 from 1.6 to 2.0.2_STABLE.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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