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Re: OpenSSH "Write failed: Broken pipe"

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spork wrote, On 2011-10-18 02:01:
> This is sort of a general question, and I don't think I'm looking at
> any sort of OpenSSH bug, but figuring out what the "write failed"
> message means might help me track down whatever network/firewall issue
> I'm dealing with.
>
> I've noticed that in general when I lose a session due to a state
> timeout in the firewall or simple loss of connectivity, I'll get an
> error message like this:
>
> "Timeout, server not responding."
>
> Recently we've been seeing this message:
>
> "Write failed: Broken pipe"
>
> Is there anything I can infer from that second message about what the
> root cause of the failure is?  Just looking for a general answer about
> what each error message is trying to tell me.

Timeout and/or Connection drop.

To increase the default timeout I use these settings in /etc/ssh/sshd_config :
   ClientAliveInterval 60
   ClientAliveCountMax 3

There is another solution as described here:
   http://dan.hersam.com/2007/03/05/how-to-avoid-ssh-timeouts/

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