How to increase the default time out for SSH on OS X?
How to increase the default time out when trying to connect to a remote machine via SSH on Mac OS X?
ssh -D 9999 user@host
You need to change the ServerAliveInterval
, as explained in ssh_config(5)
:
Sets a timeout interval in seconds after which if no data has been received from the server, ssh will send a message through the encrypted channel to request a response from the server. The default is 0, indicating that these messages will not be sent to the server.
For example, create ~/.ssh/config
and add:
Host *
ServerAliveInterval 120
This will apply to all connections. For a single connection, just use the -o
option as explained in ssh(1)
:
ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=120 user@host
Specify the option "ConnectTimeout" for connection timeout, eg
ssh -o ConnectTimeout=240 -D 9999 user@host
Or in ~/.ssh/config add
Host *
ConnectTimeout 240