2003-02-04 19:44:53

by jjs

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Subject: Re: [TEST FIX] Re: SSH Hangs in 2.5.59 and 2.5.55 but not 2.4.x,

Tony Gale wrote:

>
> The ssh hang on exit "problem" is a policy of the ssh coders. It'll
> happen when you have a background job still running when you exit, which
> is still connected to the terminal.
>
> As I said, it's an ssh policy issue (which many people disagree with)
> and not a bug.
>
So, admin logs in and restarts a process -
a very very common task. oops, can't log out.

Sure sounds like a thinko to me, if not a bug.

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Joe