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ssh, after successful login, I keep getting Write failed: Connection reset by peer

It is unworkable. Ubuntu, NY 2. Am I the only one? What can I do?

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Craig Davison • July 25, 2015

Hi @protagonist

In that case, try editing a couple of files.

On the server edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config (using nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config for example). Find the line which says ClientAliveInterval and increase it to something like 600.

On the client edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config (using nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config for example). Find the line which says ServerAliveInterval and increase it to something like 600.

If those lines are not in the files already, just add them like this:

ClientAliveInterval 600

and this:

ServerAliveInterval 600

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