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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh_config.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh_config.5 | 22 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index 4bbdfefd..15ad012f 100644 --- a/ssh_config.5 +++ b/ssh_config.5 @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.391 2023/10/12 02:18:18 djm Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 12 2023 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.392 2024/01/09 22:19:00 djm Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 9 2024 $ .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -463,8 +463,10 @@ Timeouts are specified as one or more .Dq type=interval pairs separated by whitespace, where the .Dq type -must be a channel type name (as described in the table below), optionally -containing wildcard characters. +must be the special keyword +.Dq global +or a channel type name from the list below, optionally containing +wildcard characters. .Pp The timeout value .Dq interval @@ -473,11 +475,19 @@ is specified in seconds or may use any of the units documented in the section. For example, .Dq session=5m -would cause the interactive session to terminate after five minutes of +would cause interactive sessions to terminate after five minutes of inactivity. Specifying a zero value disables the inactivity timeout. .Pp -The available channel types include: +The special timeout +.Dq global +Applies to all active channels, taken together. +Traffic on any active channel will reset the timeout, but when the timeout +expires then all open channels will be closed. +Note that this global timeout is not matched by wildcards and must be +specified explicitly. +.Pp +The available channel type names include: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm agent-connection Open connections to |